CVE - CVE-2016-7796

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-7796	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:93250 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93250 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381911 CONFIRM:https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234#issuecomment-250441246 MISC:https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweet MLIST:[oss-security] 20160930 Re: CVE Request: systemd v209+: local denial-of-service attack URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1 REDHAT:RHBA-2015:2092 URL:https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2092.html REDHAT:RHSA-2017:0003 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0003.html SECTRACK:1037320 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:2475 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00015.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:2476 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00016.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160909	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160909)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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