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Unscored USN-3094-1 0 CVEs

systemd vulnerability

Published Sep 29, 2016 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

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).

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS systemd 229-4ubuntu10

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1628687