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AIX bellmail Advisory : suid_advisory.asc (IV97356) (IV99497) (IV99498) (IV99499)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111969

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Synopsis

The remote AIX host has a version of bellmail installed that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of bellmail installed on the remote AIX host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability. A local attacker can exploit this to gain root privileges.

Solution

A fix is available and can be downloaded from the IBM AIX website.

See Also

https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/suid_advisory.asc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111969

File Name: aix_suid_advisory_bellmail.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 8/17/2018

Updated: 4/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1692

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:ibm:aix, x-cpe:/a:bellmail:bellmail

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AIX/version, Host/AIX/lslpp

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1692