CVE-2016-7795

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2610.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2694.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/9Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93223Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3094-1Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweetExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2610.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2694.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/9Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93223Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3094-1Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweetExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 13, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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