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.
Published: 2016-10-13
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8645 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.
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
Systemd Project Systemd
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:04:56.076Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7795

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-13T14:59:13.473

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-7795

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7795 - Bugzilla

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