CVE-2016-7795

Description

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.

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3094-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93223

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/9

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2694.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2610.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3