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IBM AIX: lquerylv_advisory (CVE-2016-6079): Vulnerability in lquerylv in LVM impacts AIX

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Feb 15, 2017

Added

Nov 30, 2017

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 contains an unspecified vulnerability that would allow a locally authenticated user to obtain root level privileges. IBM APARs: IV88658, IV87981, IV88419, IV87640, IV88053.

Solution

ibm-aix-lquerylv_advisory

References

CVE-2016-6079
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-6079
EUVD-EUVD-2016-7013
https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/lquerylv_advisory.asc
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-7013

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