Denial of service in IBM AIX - CVE-2016-0281

 

Denial of service in IBM AIX - CVE-2016-0281

Published: August 1, 2016 / Updated: November 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU243
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0281
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM AIX

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause the target adapter to crash.

The vulnerability exists in IBM AIX. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger a flaw in the mustendd device driver and cause the target IBM AIX FC5899/FC1763 adapter to crash by sending specially crafted packets to the target system.
        
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in denial of service.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-0281

Install the latest versions:

5.3.12: IV84184
6.1.9: IV80569
7.1.3: IV82421
7.1.4: IV81459
7.2.0: IV81357

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