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IBM AIX: pconsole_advisory (CVE-2016-6038): Vulnerability in Tivoli LWI impacts pConsole and WebSM for AIX

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IBM AIX: pconsole_advisory (CVE-2016-6038): Vulnerability in Tivoli LWI impacts pConsole and WebSM for AIX

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/26/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/30/2017
Modified
12/01/2017

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Eclipse Help in IBM Tivoli Lightweight Infrastructure (aka LWI), as used in AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-aix-pconsole_advisory

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