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AIX Technology Level Out of Date

critical Nessus Plugin ID 14611

Synopsis

The remote operating system is out of date.

Description

The remote AIX operating system is lagging behind its official Technology Level (TL) and may therefore be missing critical security patches.

NOTE: Findings may be affected by an extended support contract.

Solution

Update to a current AIX Technology Level.

See Also

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1012517

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 14611

File Name: aix_maintenance_level.nasl

Version: 1.36

Type: local

Published: 9/1/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Default unsupported software score.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/AIX/oslevel