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IBM AIX: x11_advisory (CVE-2022-47990): Vulnerability in x11 affects AIX

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IBM AIX: x11_advisory (CVE-2022-47990): Vulnerability in x11 affects AIX

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/17/2023
Created
01/19/2023
Added
01/18/2023
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and VIOS , 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in X11 to cause a buffer overflow that could result in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. IBM X-Force ID: 243556.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-aix-x11_advisory

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