Resource exhaustion in IBM VIOS and IBM AIX - CVE-2023-45172

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Resource exhaustion in IBM VIOS and IBM AIX - CVE-2023-45172

Published: January 11, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85289
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45172
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

IBM VIOS
IBM AIX

How to mitigate CVE-2023-45172

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM VIOS - addressed in versions 3.1.3, 3.1.4.30
IBM AIX - addressed in versions 7.2.5 SP07, 7.3.0, 7.3.1 SP03

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