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AIX tcpdump BGP Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA17029
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Release Date:
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2005-10-03
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Popularity:
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6,752 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | AIX 5.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in AIX, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in tcpdump when handling BGP packets. This can be exploited to cause it to go into infinite loop via a specially crafted packet.
The vulnerability may be related to:
SA15634
The vulnerability has been reported in AIX 5.3.
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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