LOW
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
Published Jul 24, 2006
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.78%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.78% 0.00778
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00778
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.78% (0.00778) | 54.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.76% (0.00755) | 50.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.17% (0.00171) | 36.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 82.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 65.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (15)
- http://cvs.linux-ha.org/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/linux-ha/heartbeat/heartbeat.c?r1=1.513&r2=1.514 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21162 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21231 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21240 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21521 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21629 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-23.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016602 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1128 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.linux-ha.org/_cache/SecurityIssues__sec03.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ha-cvs%40lists.linux-ha.org/msg00753.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:142 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19186 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-326-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2994 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 24, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 24, 2006
Link CVE-2006-3815
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a