CVE-2021-38994 (GCVE-0-2021-38994)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-24 17:05 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:03
VLAI?
Summary
IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the AIX kernel to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 213072.
Severity ?
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/UI:N/C:N/A:H/I:N/S:U/PR:N/AC:L/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM AIX Affected: 7.1
Affected: 7.2
Affected: 7.3
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Date Public ?
2022-02-23 00:00
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