CVE-2016-7795 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in systemd versions 231 and earlier, affecting products like Canonical Ubuntu Linux. A local attacker can trigger an assertion failure and PID 1 hang by sending a zero-length message over a notify socket. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires local access but can lead to a complete system outage. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
<= 231CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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