CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The remote host is missing AIX PTF U862133, which is related to the security of the package bos.mp64.
IBM AIX is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the ptrace() function. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a system crash.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted
# from AIX Security PTF U862133. The text itself is copyright (C)
# International Business Machines Corp.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(77413);
script_version("1.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0930");
script_name(english:"AIX 6.1 TL 8 : bos.mp64 (U862133)");
script_summary(english:"Check for PTF U862133");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote AIX host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The remote host is missing AIX PTF U862133, which is related to the
security of the package bos.mp64.
IBM AIX is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in
the ptrace() function. A local attacker could exploit this
vulnerability to cause a system crash."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV58948"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Install the appropriate missing security-related fix."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:ibm:aix:6.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/04/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/04/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/08/28");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"AIX Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AIX/oslevel", "Host/AIX/version", "Host/AIX/lslpp");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("aix.inc");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/version") ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "AIX");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/lslpp") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if ( aix_check_patch(ml:"610008", patch:"U862133", package:"bos.mp64.6.1.8.18") < 0 ) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:aix_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");