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Ubuntu: USN-3094-1: Systemd vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3094-1: Systemd vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/29/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/29/2016
Modified
08/05/2020

Description

Andrew Ayer discovered that Systemd improperly handled zero-length notification messages. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (init crash leading to system unavailability).

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-systemd

References

  • USN-3094-1

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