CVE-2021-29862 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the AIX kernel affecting IBM AIX versions 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) can be exploited locally by a non-privileged user with low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability for the affected system. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.