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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8646 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:04:56.092Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7796

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-10-13T14:59:14.567

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-7796

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7796 - Bugzilla

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