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[SA25482] IBM AIX BIND Denial of Service Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu May 31 2007 - 10:17:04 CDT

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TITLE:
IBM AIX BIND Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25482

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25482/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
AIX 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/213/

DESCRIPTION:
IBM has acknowledged a vulnerability in AIX, which can be exploited
by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information, see vulnerability #2 in:
SA23904

The vulnerability affects versions 5.2.0 and 5.3.0.

SOLUTION:
Apply emergency fix.
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/binddnssec.tar.Z

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY95618
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY95619
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96144
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96324

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA23904:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23904/

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