#VU82997 Resource exhaustion in IBM AIX - CVE-2023-45167 

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#VU82997 Resource exhaustion in IBM AIX - CVE-2023-45167

Published: November 13, 2023 / Updated: November 14, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82997
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45167
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM AIX
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation

Description

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 in IBM AIX's Python. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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