QID 330103

Date Published: 2022-04-06

QID 330103: IBM AIX smcd daemon Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (smbcd_advisory)

IBM AIX could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the smbcd daemon 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". The detection posts vulnerable if installed package version is less than patched version

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability smcd daemon could cause denial of service

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 smcd_advisory to obtain more information.

Vendor References

smcd_advisory - aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/smbcd_advisory.asc

CVEs related to QID 330103

CVE-2021-38993 |

Software Advisories

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

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