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AIX (IJ44559)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 168864

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Synopsis

The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.

Description

The version of AIX installed on the remote host is prior to APAR IJ44559. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the IJ44559 advisory.

 - IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1could allow a local user with elevated privileges to exploit a vulnerability in the lpd daemon to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 238641. (CVE-2022-43382)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Please apply the appropriate interim fix per APAR IJ44559.

See Also

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/IJ44559

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6848309

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 168864

File Name: aix_IJ44559.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 12/16/2022

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-43382

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-43382