CVE-2016-7796
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7796
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7796.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7796
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-10-13T14:59:14.567Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-08T05:49:59.859611562Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The managerdispatchnotify_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.
- Database specific
{ "unresolved_ranges": [ { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "12-sp1" }, { "last_affected": "12-sp1" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:*:*:*:ltss:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "12.0" }, { "last_affected": "12.0" }, { "introduced": "12.0-sp1" }, { "last_affected": "12.0-sp1" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "12.0" }, { "last_affected": "12.0" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "12.0-sp1" }, { "last_affected": "12.0-sp1" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "7.0" }, { "last_affected": "7.0" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "7.0" }, { "last_affected": "7.0" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "7.0" }, { "last_affected": "7.0" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "7.0" }, { "last_affected": "7.0" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation" } ] }- References
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- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00016.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0003.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93250
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2092.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381911
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234#issuecomment-250441246
- https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweet
Affected packages
Git / github.com/systemd/systemd
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd
- Events
-
IntroducedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "cpe": [ "cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:209:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:213:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:214:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:229:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "209" }, { "last_affected": "209" }, { "introduced": "213" }, { "last_affected": "213" }, { "introduced": "214" }, { "last_affected": "214" }, { "introduced": "229" }, { "last_affected": "229" } ] }
Git / github.com/systemd/systemd-stable
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable
- Events
-
IntroducedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "209" }, { "last_affected": "209" }, { "introduced": "213" }, { "last_affected": "213" }, { "introduced": "214" }, { "last_affected": "214" }, { "introduced": "229" }, { "last_affected": "229" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "cpe": [ "cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:209:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:213:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:214:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:229:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ] }