#VU61036 Input validation error in IBM AIX - CVE-2022-22351

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#VU61036 Input validation error in IBM AIX - CVE-2022-22351

Published: March 5, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU61036
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22351
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM AIX
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the nimsh daemon. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input to another trusted host and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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