5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2012-1101
Systemd Service Denial of Service
Description

systemd 37-1 does not properly handle non-existent services, which causes a denial of service (failure of login procedure).

INFO

Published Date :

March 11, 2020, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:36 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-1101 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Systemd_project systemd
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2012-1101.

URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662029 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1101 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=9a46fc3b9014de1bf0ed1f3004a536b08a19ebb3 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662029 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1101 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=9a46fc3b9014de1bf0ed1f3004a536b08a19ebb3 Patch Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-1101 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/4
    Added Reference https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662029
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1101
    Added Reference https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=9a46fc3b9014de1bf0ed1f3004a536b08a19ebb3
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:systemd:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 17, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/4 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662029 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662029 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1101 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1101 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=9a46fc3b9014de1bf0ed1f3004a536b08a19ebb3 No Types Assigned https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=9a46fc3b9014de1bf0ed1f3004a536b08a19ebb3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:systemd:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

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0.05635

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