Vulnerability · Published Jan 11, 2024 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2023-45169IBM AIX denial of service

Medium 6.2

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation 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 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the pmsvcs kernel extension to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 267967.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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