Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201677960000000
Revision Date:2016-10-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-7796 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:The manager_dispatch_notify_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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-7796
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND systemd package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '229-4ubuntu11').
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