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.

Vendor Advisory NVD

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.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

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-2024-52906

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.02%
Percentile
5.38%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.