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AIX (IJ50934)

high Nessus Plugin ID 195306

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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 IJ50934. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the IJ50934 advisory.

 - IBM AIX's Unix domain (AIX 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, and VIOS 4.1) datagram socket implementation could potentially expose applications using Unix domain datagram sockets with SO_PEERID operation and may lead to privilege escalation. IBM X-Force ID: 284903. (CVE-2024-27273)

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 IJ50934.

See Also

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/IJ50934

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7150297

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 195306

File Name: aix_IJ50934.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/10/2024

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-27273

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27273