CVE-2016-7796

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.

• CWE-20

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00015.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00016.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0003.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93250Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381911Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234#issuecomment-250441246Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2092.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweetExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00015.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00016.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0003.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93250Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381911Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234#issuecomment-250441246Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2092.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweetExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory

Published

Oct 13, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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