IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2003-0696 — denial of service — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 15–45 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read • Source: NVD CVE-2003-0696, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2003-0696 NVD summary: The getipnodebyname() API in AIX 5.1 and 5.2 does not properly close sockets, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion). […]