USN-3094-1: Systemd vulnerability
29 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 versions:
- 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.