CVE-2021-29693

MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: June 28, 2021 at 03:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:48 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAIXVIOS

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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a local user that is in the with elevated group privileges to cause a denial of service due to a vulnerability in the lpd daemon. IBM X-Force ID: 200255.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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