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Family: Debian Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[DSA1151] DSA-1151-1 heartbeat Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary DSA-1151-1 heartbeat
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
Yan Rong Ge discovered out-of-boundary memory access in heartbeat, the
subsystem for High-Availability Linux. This could be used by a remote
attacker to cause a denial of service.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.3-9sarge6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.4-14 and heartbeat-2 2.0.6-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your heartbeat packages.
Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1151
Threat Level: High
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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