CVE-2006-3815

N/A Unknown

Published: July 25, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

heartbeat.c in heartbeat before 2.0.6 sets insecure permissions in a shmget call for shared memory, which allows local users to cause an unspecified denial of service via unknown vectors, possibly during a short time window on startup.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://cvs.linux-ha.org/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/linux-ha/heartbeat/heartbeat.c?r1=1.513&r2=1.514

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://secunia.com/advisories/21162

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/21231

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/21240

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/21521

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/21629

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-23.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016602

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1128

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.linux-ha.org/_cache/SecurityIssues__sec03.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ha-cvs%40lists.linux-ha.org/msg00753.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:142

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19186

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-326-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2994

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://cvs.linux-ha.org/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/linux-ha/heartbeat/heartbeat.c?r1=1.513&r2=1.514