QID 330099

Date Published: 2022-03-14

QID 330099: IBM AIX Kernel Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (6561277)

There is a vulnerability in bos.pmapi.pmsvcs that affects AIX.
IBM AIX could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the AIX kernel to cause a denial of service.

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.

IBM AIX could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the AIX kernel to cause a denial of service.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.2 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.1 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released fixes to resolve this vulnerability. Refer to 6561277 to obtain more information.

Vendor References

6561277 - www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6561277

CVEs related to QID 330099

CVE-2021-38989 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
6561277			www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6561277

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