Vulnerability · Published Jun 28, 2021 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2021-29693

Medium 4.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in AIX from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)4.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 48.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a local user that is in the with elevated group privileges to cause a denial of service due to a vulnerability in the lpd daemon. IBM X-Force ID: 200255.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	VIOS	3.1
IBM	AIX	7.17.2

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6467129 x_refsource_CONFIRM
ibm-aix-cve202129693-dos (200255) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF