CVE-2012-4817 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM AIX and VIOS by exploiting improper GID handling in the NFSv4 client.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-4817?
CVE-2012-4817 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Aix, published on 14 Sep 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The NFSv4 client implementation in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1, and VIOS before 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02, does not properly handle GID values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4817?
It affects 2 products.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4817?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4817 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-4817 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4817 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Aix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ff3x-x3rg-h387.