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CVE-2016-7796
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-10-13T14:59:14.567 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:53:30.750

Summary

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.

Affected products

systemd_project — systemd

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References

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