QID 330158

Date Published: 2024-01-02

QID 330158: IBM AIX Denial of Service (DoS) due to AIXWindows (aixwindows_advisory)

AIX is vulnerable to denial of service due to AIXWindows (CVE-2023-45172)

Affected Version
AIX 7.2 and 7.3

QID Detection Logic

It checks for the vulnerable version for the fileset X11.base.smt

Successful exploitation may 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 AIX advisory

Vendor References

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

CVEs related to QID 330158

CVE-2023-45172 |

Software Advisories

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

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