QID 330126

Date Published: 2023-03-03

QID 330126: IBM AIX Denial of Service (DoS) due to Python (python_advisory3)

A vulnerability in Python could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (CVE-2022-43680). Python is used by AIX as part of Ansible node management automation.

Affected Version
AIX 7.3
QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
The detection checks for installed packages version via command : lslpp -L | grep -i python3.9.base;. The detection posts vulnerable if installed package version is less than patched version

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may lead to impacting availability leading to DOS

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
    • Solution
    The vendor has released fixes to python_advisory3 this vulnerability.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 330126

    CVE-2022-43680 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    python_advisory3 URL Logo aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/python_advisory3.asc
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