PT-2022-10818 · Ibm · Vios+1

Published 2022-02-28 · Updated 2022-07-12 · CVE-2021-38955

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM AIX versions 7.1 through 7.3 VIOS version 3.1

Description A local user with elevated privileges could cause a denial of service due to a file creation vulnerability in the audit commands.

Recommendations For IBM AIX versions 7.1 through 7.3, consider restricting access to the audit commands until a patch is available. For VIOS version 3.1, consider disabling the vulnerable file creation functionality in the audit commands as a temporary workaround. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-38955

Affected Products

Ibm Aix

Vios

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38955 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211825 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/6560236 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38955 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/27964 · Telegram Post
• https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/audit_advisory.asc · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/38271 · Telegram Post