CVE-2016-7795
Published: 13 October 2016
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.
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | USN-3094-1 fix is incomplete, see bug |
sbeattie | additional DoS fix is covered by CVE-2016-7796, also upstream reworked fix for this CVE. trusty and vivid-phone are not affected as upstart is init there |
Priority
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 5.5 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |