SB2022121541 - Denial of service in IBM AIX lpd 



SB2022121541 - Denial of service in IBM AIX lpd

Published: December 15, 2022 Updated: March 20, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2022121541
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43382)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the AIX lpd printer daemon. A local user can pass specially crafted input to the printer daemon and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.