QID 330083

Date Published: 2021-06-28

QID 330083: IBM AIX Vulnerabilities in power9 (power9_advisory)

There are vulnerabilities in perl.rte that affect AIX.

Affected Platform:
AIX 7.1,7.2
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.

On successful exploitation, IBM Power9 processors could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 4.7 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Low - 1.9 severity.
    • Solution
    The vendor has released fixes to resolve this vulnerability.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 330083

    CVE-2020-4788 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    power9_advisory URL Logo aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/power9_advisory.asc
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