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01 Record

CVE-2021-29693

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.

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score4.9 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AC:L/A:H/I:N/PR:H/AV:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
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02 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.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 50.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-06-28 15:55Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 03:55Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-03-31
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 4.9)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/A:H/I:N/PR:H/AV:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
a17774e62624adb16382d3bd4c0c71627c27fe838371e5058c5a84419246b676

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMVIOS3.1—
IBMAIX7.1, 7.2—

06 References