PT-2022-10833 · Ibm · Vios+2

Published 2022-02-23 · Updated 2022-03-03 · CVE-2021-38994

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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 The issue allows a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the AIX kernel, causing a denial of service.

Recommendations For IBM AIX versions 7.1 through 7.3, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For VIOS version 3.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-38994

Affected Products

Aix

Ibm Aix

Vios

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38994 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/6558948 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213072 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38994 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/38032 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/27287 · Telegram Post
• https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/kernel_advisory3.asc · Note