CVE-2006-3815
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.8% (56th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3809)
- Published
- July 25, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3809 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux-ha / heartbeat
References
- http://cvs.linux-ha.org/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/linux-ha/heartbeat/heartbeat.c?r1=1.513&r2=1.514(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21162(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21231(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21240(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21521(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21629(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-23.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016602
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1128
- http://www.linux-ha.org/_cache/SecurityIssues__sec03.txt
- http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ha-cvs%40lists.linux-ha.org/msg00753.html(Patch)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:142
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19186
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-326-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2994(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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