CVE-2006-3815
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…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.78%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 44% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Linux-HA Heartbeat 1.2.3/2.0.x - Insecure Default Permissions on Shared Memory (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28287local, linuxpublished 27 Jul 2006Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.78% · top 44% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References15
- 21231 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2994 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-200608-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 21629 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ha-cvs%40lists.linux-ha.org/msg00753.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.linux-ha.org/_cache/SecurityIssues__sec03.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:142 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1016602 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 21162 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19186 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-326-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 21240 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21521 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://cvs.linux-ha.org/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/linux-ha/heartbeat/heartbeat.c?r1=1.513&r2=1.514 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-3809 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-3815)Record last updated .