CVE-2006-3121

N/A Unknown
Published: August 17, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

The peel_netstring function in cl_netstring.c in the heartbeat subsystem in High-Availability Linux before 1.2.5, and 2.0 before 2.0.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via the length parameter in a heartbeat message.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21505
Source: security@debian.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21511
Source: security@debian.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21518
Source: security@debian.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21521
Source: security@debian.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21629
Source: security@debian.org
Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-23.xml
Source: security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1151
Source: security@debian.org
Patch
http://www.linux-ha.org/SecurityIssues
Source: security@debian.org
Patch
http://www.linux-ha.org/_cache/SecurityIssues__sec03.txt
Source: security@debian.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:142
Source: security@debian.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19516
Source: security@debian.org
Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-335-1
Source: security@debian.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3288
Source: security@debian.org
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28396
Source: security@debian.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/21505
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21511
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21518
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21521
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21629
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-23.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1151
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.linux-ha.org/SecurityIssues
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.linux-ha.org/_cache/SecurityIssues__sec03.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:142
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19516
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-335-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3288
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28396
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

28 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
20.3%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

high_availability_linux_project

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