Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libsystemd  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBSYSTEMD-10077376
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed13 Oct 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-7796  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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.