CVE-2012-4817 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-4817

The NFSv4 client implementation in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

vios, aix
Vulnerable Versions:
1.4.1.2, 1.5.1.1, 1.5.2.1, 1.5.2.6, 2.1.0.0, 2.1.2.10, 2.1.2.12, 2.1.2.13, 2.1.3.10, 2.2.0.10, 2.2.0.11, 2.2.0.12, 2.2.0.13, 2.2.1.0, 2.2.1.1, 2.2.1.3, 2.2.1.4, 5.3, 6.1, 7.1

Timeline

Official Publish: September 14th, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.