CVE-2006-3815

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    CVE-2006-3815

    Published: 25 Jul 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/21162, http://secunia.com/advisories/21231, http://secunia.com/advisories/21240, http://secunia.com/advisories/21521, http://secunia.com/advisories/21629, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-23.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1128, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:142, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-326-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2994, http://cvs.linux-ha.org/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/linux-ha/heartbeat/heartbeat.c?r1=1.513&r2=1.514, http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ha-cvs%40lists.linux-ha.org/msg00753.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016602, http://www.linux-ha.org/_cache/SecurityIssues__sec03.txt, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19186

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High