QID 330092

Date Published: 2022-09-01

QID 330092: IBM Advanced Interactive eXecutive (AIX) OpenSSH Privilege Excalation Vulnerability (openssh_advisory14)

There are vulnerabilities in openssh.base that affect AIX.
OpenSSH could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error in sshd when certain non-default configurations are used.

Affected Platform:
AIX 7.1, 7.2
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.

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate system privileges to gain privileges associated with group memberships of the sshd process.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.4 severity.
    • Solution
    The vendor has released fixes to resolve this vulnerability.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 330092

    CVE-2021-41617 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    openssh_advisory14 URL Logo aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssh_advisory14.asc
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