Short Name |
APP:MISC:HEARTBEAT-OF |
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Severity |
Major |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
APP |
Keywords |
Heartbeat Buffer Overflow (Linux/x86) |
Release Date |
2003/04/22 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+ |
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Heartbeat 0.4.9.1 for Linux. A successful attack can allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands with daemon privileges.
The Linux-HA heartbeat utility is vulnerable to a remotely exploitable buffer overflow condition. Attackers may exploit the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. It has been reported that the condition is related to the handling of TCP packets.