CVE-2016-7796
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.39%systemd - security update
Published: 10/13/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The 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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/systemdfrom 0, < 231-9
- Debian/systemdfrom 0, < 44-11+deb7u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |