QID 330107

Date Published: 2022-09-19

QID 330107: IBM AIX Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability in Ipd (lpd_advisory2)

A vulnerability in the AIX lpd printer daemon could allow a local user with elevated privileges to cause a denial of service. The lpd daemon is the remote print server on AIX.

Affected Platform:
AIX 7.1,7.2, 7.3
QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
The detection checks for installed packages version via command : lslpp -L | grep -i bos.rte.printers It also checks for interim fixes installed. The detection posts vulnerable if installed package version is less than patched version and interim fixes are also not installed.

On successful exploitation IBM AIX could allow a local user to exploit a vulnerability in the lpd daemon to cause a 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 AIX advisory this vulnerability.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 330107

    CVE-2022-22444 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    lpd_advisory2 URL Logo aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lpd_advisory2.asc
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