Intrusion PreventionIBM.AIX.rpc.cmsd.Remote.Stack.Buffer.Overflow
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in IBM AIX.
This issue is caused by an error in "rpc.cmsd" when handling a malformed packet from a client. It may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted packet.
Affected Products
IBM Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) 2.1
IBM Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) 1.5.2
IBM Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) 2.1
IBM Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) 2.0
IBM Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) 1.5
IBM Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) 1.4
IBM AIX 6.1
IBM AIX 5.3
IBM AIX 5.2
Impact
System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
The vendor has released an advisory and fixes. Please see the reference for details.
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cmsd_fix.tar
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 28156 |
| Created | Jul 22, 2011 |
| Updated | Jan 17, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2010-4435 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 95.85% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Other |
| Affected App | IBM |