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Debian DSA-1128-1 : heartbeat - permission error

low Nessus Plugin ID 22670

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Yan Rong Ge discovered that wrong permissions on a shared memory page in heartbeat, the subsystem for High-Availability Linux could be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the heartbeat packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.3-9sarge5.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1128

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 22670

File Name: debian_DSA-1128.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:heartbeat, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3815

DSA: 1128