CVE-2016-7795
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
denial of service in systemd
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 231-2 | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 231-9 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 231-9 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 231-9 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 231-9 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 231-9 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| systemd_project | systemd | {"endIncluding":"231"} | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201610-2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2610.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2694.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93223
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037320
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3094-1
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4234
- https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweet
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7795.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7795
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.