Vulnerability CVE-2016-7795
Published: 2016-10-13

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Systemd project -> Systemd 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 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/2016/09/28/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93223
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3094-1
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234
https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweet
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