QID 330082

Date Published: 2021-06-28

QID 330082: IBM AIX Vulnerabilities in trace (trace_advisory)

There are vulnerabilities in perl.rte that affect AIX.

Affected Platform:
AIX 7.1
Note: The detection requires root privileges to run "emgr -c" to check for patches. In absence of such privileges, the detection may not output actual results.

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
The detection checks for installed packages version via command : - "lslpp -L". It also checks for interim fixes installed using the command "emgr -c" or "instfix -k". The detection posts vulnerable if installed package version is less than patched version and interim fixes are also not installed.

A non-privileged local user could exploit this vulnerability in the trace facility to expose sensitive information and cause a denial of service.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.1 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 3.6 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released fixes to resolve this vulnerability.

Vendor References

trace_advisory - aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/trace_advisory.asc

CVEs related to QID 330082

CVE-2021-29706 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
trace_advisory			aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/trace_advisory.asc

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