IBM AIX TCP/IP Kernel Extension Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2024-52906 Published on December 25, 2024
IBM AIX denial of service
IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, and 4.1
could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the TCP/IP kernel extension to cause a denial of service.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-52906 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?
The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.
CVE-2024-52906 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.
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Affected Versions
IBM AIX Version 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, 4.1 is affected by CVE-2024-52906Exploit Probability
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