Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-7796): systemd vulnerability
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
10/13/2016
11/21/2024
11/19/2024
11/27/2024
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.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-systemd
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