CVE-2001-1554 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM AIX 4.3.0, where improper unlocking of IPPMTU_LOCK allows remote attackers to hang the system using specially crafted Path Maximum Transmit Unit (PMTU) IP packets. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating some level of awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
430CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:430:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.