CVE-2012-1101
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 11, 2020 at 02:58 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSystemdSystemd
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
systemd 37-1 does not properly handle non-existent services, which causes a denial of service (failure of login procedure).
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/4x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662029x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1101x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=9a46fc3b9014de1bf0ed1f3004a536b08a19ebb3CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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