SB2022121442 - Privilege escalation in IBM AIX
Published: December 14, 2022 Updated: January 9, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022121442
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41290)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the rm_rlcache_file user command. A local user can pass a specially crafted input to the affected command and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.