IBM AIX 6.1/7.1 Channel Driver resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM AIX 6.1/7.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Channel Driver. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2011-3982. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in IBM AIX 6.1/7.1 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Channel Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Fibre Channel driver for QLogic adapters in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1 does not properly handle DMA resource limitations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via vectors that generate a large amount of DMA I/O, related to a deadlock in timer processing across CPUs.

The issue has been introduced in 11/09/2007. The weakness was presented 10/04/2011 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-3982 since 10/04/2011. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1425 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (67292). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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11/09/2007 🔍
10/04/2011 +1425 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1266 days 🔍
04/13/2019 +1482 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2011-3982 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3982
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58843
X-Force: 67292
Vupen: ADV-2011-0275

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 04/13/2019 11:29
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (49), 04/13/2019 11:29 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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