QID 330155

Date Published: 2023-12-18

QID 330155: IBM AIX Multiple Vulnerabilities in printers (printers_advisory)

A vulnerability in the AIX printers system could allow a non-privileged local user to obtain elevated privileges or cause a denial of service (CVE-2023-45166, CVE-2023-45174, CVE-2023-45170).

Affected Platform:
AIX 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.

Successful exploit may allow a non-privileged local user to obtain elevated privileges or cause a denial of service

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.6 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released fixes to AIX advisory this vulnerability.

Vendor References

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

CVEs related to QID 330155

CVE-2023-45166 | CVE-2023-45174 | CVE-2023-45170 |

Software Advisories

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

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