1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-335-1

USN-335-1: heartbeat vulnerability

Publication date

16 August 2006

Overview

heartbeat vulnerability

Releases

Details

Yan Rong Ge discovered that heartbeat did not sufficiently verify some
packet input data, which could lead to an out-of-boundary memory
access. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the daemon
(Denial of Service).

Yan Rong Ge discovered that heartbeat did not sufficiently verify some
packet input data, which could lead to an out-of-boundary memory
access. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the daemon
(Denial of Service).

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
6.06 dapper heartbeat –  1.2.4-2ubuntu0.2
5.10 breezy heartbeat –  1.2.3-12ubuntu0.2
5.04 hoary heartbeat –  1.2.3-3ubuntu1.3

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