This update for systemd fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2016-7796: A zero-length message received over systemd's notification socket could make manager_dispatch_notify_fd() return an error and, as a side effect, disable the notification handler completely. As the notification socket is world-writable, this could have allowed a local user to perform a denial-of-service attack against systemd. (bsc#1001765) Additionally, the following non-security fixes are included: - Fix HMAC calculation when appending a data object to journal. (bsc#1000435) - Never accept file descriptors from file systems with mandatory locking enabled. (bsc#954374) - Do not warn about missing install info with "preset". (bsc#970293) - Save /run/systemd/users/UID before starting user@.service. (bsc#996269)
#1000435 #1001765 #954374 #970293 #982210
#982211 #982251 #987173 #987857 #990074 #996269
Cross- CVE-2016-7796
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7796.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1000435
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1001765
https://bugzilla.suse.com/954374
https://bugzilla.suse.com/970293
https://bugzilla.suse.com/982210
https://bugzilla.suse.com/982211
https://bugzilla.suse.com/982251
https://bugzilla.suse.com/987173
https://bugzilla.suse.com/987857
https://bugzilla.suse.com/990074
https://bugzilla.suse.com/996269
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