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CVE-2012-4817

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-09-14 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
• IBM VIOS: 1.4.1.2, 1.5.1.1, 1.5.2.1, 1.5.2.6, 2.1.0.0, 2.1.2.10 (+11)

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nfsv4_advisory1.asc
• http://osvdb.org/85427
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50619
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV10327
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV11629
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV12169
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV17855
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV26436
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55546
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027531
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78431
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nfsv4_advisory1.asc

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