CVE-2016-7795

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-09-28
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The manager_invoke_notify_message function in systemd 231 and earlierallows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and PID 1 hang) via a zero-length message received over a notify socket.

See more information about CVE-2016-7795 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.6
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (systemd)	ELSA-2016-2610	2016-11-09