QID 330095

Date Published: 2022-03-09

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

There are vulnerabilities in bos.rte.filesystem that affect AIX.
IBM AIX could allow a local user with elevated privileges to cause a denial of service due to a file creation vulnerability in the audit commands.

Affected Platform:
AIX 7.1,7.2,7.3
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 successful exploitation could allow a local user with elevated privileges to cause a denial of service due to a file creation vulnerability in the audit commands.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 4.4 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.1 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released fixes to resolve this vulnerability.

Vendor References

CVE-2021-38955 - aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/audit_advisory.asc

CVEs related to QID 330095

CVE-2021-38955 |

Software Advisories

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

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