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Improper Input Validation Affecting systemd package, versions <231-9

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-SYSTEMD-1560712
  • published 13 Oct 2016
  • disclosed 13 Oct 2016
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Introduced: 13 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-7796 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 systemd to version 231-9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd package and not the systemd package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.