CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7796
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-10-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
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.
Affected configurations
• systemd project systemd 209
• systemd project systemd 213
• systemd project systemd 214
• systemd project systemd 229
• novell suse linux enterprise software development kit 12.0
• novell suse linux enterprise desktop 12
• novell suse linux enterprise server 12.0
• novell suse linux enterprise server for sap 12.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux hpc node 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00016.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0003.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93250 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320 www.securitytracker.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381911 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234#issuecomment-250441246 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2092.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweet Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00016.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0003.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93250 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320 www.securitytracker.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381911 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234#issuecomment-250441246 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2092.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweet Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory