Errata overview
Errata ID 404
Date 2018-05-08
Source package systemd
Fixed in version 215-17+deb8u7A~4.2.3.201801211553
Description
This update addresses the following issue:
* 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. (CVE-2016-7796)
Additional notes
CVE ID CVE-2016-7796
UCS Bug number #46134