CVE-2021-38955

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-38955
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-01 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-12 17:42:00 UTC
DescriptionIBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a local user with elevated privileges to cause a denial of service due to a file creation vulnerability in the audit commands. IBM X-Force ID: 211825.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Ibm Aix 7.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 7.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 7.3 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 3.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in AIX audit commands (CVE-2021-38955) CONFIRM www.ibm.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 330095 IBM Advanced Interactive eXecutive (AIX) File Creation Vulnerability (audit commands)

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