CVE-2012-1101 : systemd 37-1 does not properly handle non-existent services, which causes a deni

systemd 37-1 does not properly handle non-existent services, which causes a denial of service (failure of login procedure).

Published 2020-03-11 15:15:16

Updated 2022-01-28 19:12:14

Source Red Hat, Inc.

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2012-1101

Systemd Project » Systemd » Version: 37
cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.15%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 33 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
2.1	LOW	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	3.9	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Local Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial
5.5	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	1.8	3.6	NIST
Attack Vector: Local Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: Low User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: None Integrity: None Availability: High

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/4

oss-security - Re: CVE-request: systemd local denial of login or local users can create arbitrary services
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=9a46fc3b9014de1bf0ed1f3004a536b08a19ebb3

systemd/systemd - System and Session Manager
Patch;Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1101

799902 – (CVE-2012-1101) CVE-2012-1101 systemd: Units that failed to load were not cleaned up leading to DoS
Issue Tracking;Patch;Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662029

#662029 - systemd: local denial of login or local users can create arbitrary services (CVE-2012-1101) - Debian Bug report logs
Third Party Advisory

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