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AIX (IJ54257)

high Nessus Plugin ID 234851

Synopsis

The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.

Description

The version of AIX installed on the remote host is prior to APAR IJ54257. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the IJ54257 advisory.

 - xmlXIncludeAddNode in xinclude.c in libxml2 before 2.11.0 has a use-after-free. (CVE-2022-49043)

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 IJ54257.

See Also

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7231815

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/IJ54257

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 234851

File Name: aix_IJ54257.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 4/25/2025

Updated: 4/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

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-2022-49043

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49043