QID 330102

Date Published: 2022-03-30

QID 330102: IBM AIX Kernel Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (6561275)

IBM AIX could allow a non-privileged trusted host user to exploit a vulnerability in the nimsh daemon to cause a denial of service in the nimsh daemon on another trusted host.

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.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability nimsh daemon could cause denial of service attacks

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.6 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.8 severity.
    • Solution
    The vendor has released fixes to resolve this vulnerability. Refer to nimsh_advisory to obtain more information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 330102

    CVE-2022-22351 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    nimsh_advisory URL Logo aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nimsh_advisory.asc
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