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CVE-2012-1101
systemd 37-1 does not properly handle non-existent services, which causes a denial of service (failure of login procedure).
Medium5.5EPSS 0.40%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
systemd 37-1 does not properly handle non-existent services, which causes a denial of service (failure of login procedure).
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- Other
Affected products
References (4)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1101 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=9a46fc3b9014de1bf0ed1f3004a536b08a19ebb3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662029 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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