CVE-2016-7796

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7796
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-10-13 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-09-12 14:45:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server For Sap 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server For Sap 12.0 All All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Systemd Project Systemd 209 All All All
Application Systemd Project Systemd 213 All All All
Application Systemd Project Systemd 214 All All All
Application Systemd Project Systemd 229 All All All
Application Systemd Project Systemd 209 All All All
Application Systemd Project Systemd 213 All All All
Application Systemd Project Systemd 214 All All All
Application Systemd Project Systemd 229 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
How to Crash Systemd in One Tweet MISC www.agwa.name Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: systemd v209+: local denial-of-service attack MLIST www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2475-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
systemd Zero-Length Notification Processing Flaw Lets Local Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Assertion failure when PID 1 receives a zero-length message over notify socket · Issue #4234 · systemd/systemd · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2476-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 1381911 – CVE-2016-7796 systemd: freeze when PID 1 receives a zero-length message over notify socket CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
systemd CVE-2016-7796 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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