CVE-2006-3815 Misconfiguration in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 24 Jul 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local users can cause a denial of service in Heartbeat due to insecure shared memory permissions during startup.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2006-3815?

CVE-2006-3815 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Jul 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3815?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux-Ha Heartbeat.

How do I fix CVE-2006-3815?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2006-3815 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-3815 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3815, DSA-1128, GHSA-32c9-8jgc-9c8c.