CVE-2016-7795
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.3%
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.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical:ubuntu_linux | canonical ubuntu linux | eq | 16.04 |
| systemd_project:systemd | systemd project systemd | le | 231 |
References
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2610.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2694.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/9
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93223
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3094-1
github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234
www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweet
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5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.3%