CVE-2012-1101

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Published Mar 11, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

systemd

systemd

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`37-1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-1135	systemd 37-1 does not properly handle non-existent services, which causes a denial of service (failure of login procedure).

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.395% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/4
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662029
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1101
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=9a46fc3b9014de1bf0ed1f3004a536b08a19ebb3

History

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Subscriptions

Systemd Project Systemd

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 6:45 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Mar 11, 2020, 2:58 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 6:45 PM
Reserved: Feb 14, 2012, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:39 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 11, 2020, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:39 PM

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