CVE-2016-7796 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the manager_dispatch_notify_fd function of systemd, affecting products like Novell and Red Hat. A local attacker can trigger a system hang by sending a zero-length message over a notify socket, disabling the notification handler. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local user privileges, with a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
209CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:209:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
213CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:213:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
214CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:214:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
229CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:229:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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