CVE-2006-0666 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the (1) unix_mp and (2) unix_64 kernels in IBM AIX 5.3 VRMF 5.3.0.30 through 5.3.0.33 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unknown vectors related to EMULATE_VMX.

Published: 2006-02-15

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3_l:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-0673	Unspecified vulnerability in the (1) unix_mp and (2) unix_64 kernels in IBM AIX 5.3 VRMF 5.3.0.30 through 5.3.0.33 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unknown vectors related to EMULATE_VMX.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00068.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/18795
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY79595&apar=only
http://www.osvdb.org/23127
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16624
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0573
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24711

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-02-15T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:41:29.172Z

Reserved: 2006-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-0666

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-02-15T11:06:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-0666

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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