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CVE-2006-3121

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3121 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the peel_netstring function within the heartbeat subsystem of High-Availability Linux versions prior to 1.2.5 and 2.0 prior to 2.0.7. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted heartbeat message with a malicious length parameter, causing the system to crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and a partial impact on availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and with no active Metasploit or Nuclei exploits, an exploit (EDB-28386) for Linux-HA Heartbeat 2.0.6 exists on ExploitDB, suggesting potential for exploitation. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:high_availability_linux_project:heartbeat:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:high_availability_linux_project:heartbeat:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:high_availability_linux_project:heartbeat:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:high_availability_linux_project:heartbeat:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:high_availability_linux_project:heartbeat:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28386 · Aug 13, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1335 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/21505
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21511
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21518
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21521
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21629
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200608-23.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28396
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1151
Patch
linux-ha.org / _cache/SecurityIssues__sec03.txt
linux-ha.org / SecurityIssues
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/19516
Patch
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-335-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3288
Vendor Advisory