Medium severity · published Mar 11, 2020
CVE-2012-1101
systemd 37-1 does not properly handle non-existent services, which causes a denial of service (failure of login procedure)
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
systemd 37-1 does not properly handle non-existent services, which causes a denial of service (failure of login procedure).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SY
Systemd · Systemd Project
37 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1101
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1101
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/4
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662029
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1101
Patch
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=9a46fc3b9014de1bf0ed1f3004a536b08a19ebb3
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