Denial of service in IBM AIX - CVE-2017-6464
Published: July 10, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7390
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6464
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor:
IBM Corporation
IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM AIX
IBM AIX
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can use malformed mode configuration directive to trigger memory corruption and cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can use malformed mode configuration directive to trigger memory corruption and cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-6464
Install update from vendor's website.