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CVE 2016-7795

The manager_invoke_notify_message function in systemd 231 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and PID 1 hang) via a zero-length message received over a notify socket.

Related bugs and status

CVE-2016-7795 (Candidate) is related to these bugs:

Bug #1628687: Assertion failure when PID 1 receives a zero-length message over notify socket

		In	Importance	Status
1628687	Assertion failure when PID 1 receives a zero-length message over notify socket	systemd (Ubuntu)	High	Fix Released
1628687	Assertion failure when PID 1 receives a zero-length message over notify socket	systemd (Ubuntu Xenial)	High	Fix Released
1628687	Assertion failure when PID 1 receives a zero-length message over notify socket	systemd (Ubuntu Yakkety)	High	Fix Released
1628687	Assertion failure when PID 1 receives a zero-length message over notify socket	systemd	Unknown	Fix Released

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CVE 2016-7795

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