QID 330100

Date Published: 2022-03-14

QID 330100: IBM AIX Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities (kernel_advisory3)

CVE-2021-38994: IBM AIX could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the AIX kernel to cause a denial of service.

CVE-2021-38995: IBM AIX could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the AIX kernel to cause a denial of service.

Affected Versions:
AIX 7.1, 7.2,7.3

QID Detection logic:
This QID checks for the vulnerable versions of AIX.

A successful exploit could lead to denial of service vulnerability.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.1 severity.

Solution

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

Vendor References

kernel_advisory3 - aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/kernel_advisory3.asc

CVEs related to QID 330100

CVE-2021-38995 | CVE-2021-38994 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
kernel_advisory3			aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/kernel_advisory3.asc

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