Bug#839607: Robustify manager_dispatch_notify_fd()

[Michael Biebl]

Grr, should have proof-read my message :-/

Am 03.10.2016 um 13:31 schrieb Jonathan Wiltshire:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2016-10-02 21:36, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> While v215 is not directly affected by this crash (the code to access
>> messages of length=0 was added in v21), the version in unstable still

messages of length=0 was added in *v219*), the version in *stable* still

> [...]
>> I would propose to fix this in stable via regular stable update but
> 
> I'm not sure I follow; did you mean "the version in stable"? Otherwise
> I'm not sure what needs fixing in 215 in stable if it isn't affected.

So, v215 in stable is not affected by the bug which makes systemd crash.
There is a related, but different issue, which breaks the notification
system. This is what this bug report is about. Stable is affected by
this. I was told by Salvatore that we have separate CVE's for those two
issues now. Hopefully that clarifies the situation.


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