CVE-2006-3815: Linux-Ha Heartbeat

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

  • Linux-Ha Heartbeat: up to and including 2.0.5

Published 2006-07-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.