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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-1101 · published 11 March 2020

CVE-2012-1101: Systemd project systemd vulnerability

Systemd Project · Systemd

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

5.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.40% · top 68.4%
5.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 2.1
0.40%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/4 Mailing ListThird 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 TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=9a46fc3b9014de1bf0ed1f3004a536b08a19ebb3 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/4 Mailing ListThird 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 TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=9a46fc3b9014de1bf0ed1f3004a536b08a19ebb3 PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-1101), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-07). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.