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CVE-2016-7796 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.38% · 59.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.38%
59.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSsystemd0, 225-1ubuntu9, 227-2ubuntu1

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