Denial of service in IBM AIX



Published: 2018-05-01
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-0739
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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IBM AIX
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU11294

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0739

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to excessive stack memory consumption. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM AIX: 5.3 - 7.2

External links

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory26.asc


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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