USN-3094-1: Systemd vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3094-1
29th September, 2016
systemd vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
The system could be made unavailable under certain conditions.
Software description
- systemd
– system and service manager
Details
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).
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
systemd
229-4ubuntu10
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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