Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-7796 First vendor Publication 2016-10-13
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-09-12

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 5.5
Base Score 5.5 Environmental Score 5.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7796

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 4
Os 1
Os 2
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-01-05 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-0003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1194.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-14 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1184.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-10 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2475-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-10 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2476-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93250
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381911
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234#issuecomment-250441246
MISC https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweet
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1
REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0003.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2092.html
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00016.html

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Date Informations
2023-09-13 17:27:50
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2023-09-13 09:27:42
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2021-05-04 12:53:18
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2021-04-22 02:05:48
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2020-05-23 00:53:16
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2017-07-28 09:22:34
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2017-01-07 09:25:57
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2017-01-06 13:25:36
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2016-10-18 13:21:38
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2016-10-15 13:26:01
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2016-10-14 05:22:38
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2016-10-13 21:24:25
  • First insertion