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
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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.