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CVE-2016-7796
Published: Oct 13, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The manager_dispatch_notify_fd function in systemd allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a zero-length message received over a notify socket, which causes an error to be returned and the notification handler to be disabled.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20160930 Re: CVE Request: systemd v209+: local denial-of-service attack
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234#issuecomment-250441246
x_refsource_CONFIRM
SUSE-SU-2016:2475
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381911
x_refsource_CONFIRM
RHSA-2017:0003
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
SUSE-SU-2016:2476
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
1037320
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
93250
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHBA-2015:2092
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
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