CVE-2016-7796 (GCVE-0-2016-7796)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-10-13 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
10 references
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381911 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93250 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
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Date Public
2016-09-28 00:00
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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