cve-2021-38993
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-02-25 18:00
Modified
2024-09-17 02:06
Severity ?
6.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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 smbcd daemon to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 212962.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212962VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6559320Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
IBMVIOS
IBMAIX
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