ALT-PU-2017-2770-1
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2016-10-13
Modified: 2025-04-12
Modified: 2025-04-12
CVE-2016-7795
The manager_invoke_notify_message function in systemd 231 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and PID 1 hang) via a zero-length message received over a notify socket.
Severity: MEDIUM (4.9)
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Severity: MEDIUM (5.5)
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References:
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2610.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2694.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93223
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3094-1
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234
- https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweet
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2610.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2694.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93223
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3094-1
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234
- https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweet