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AIX Kernel Unspecified Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18795
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Release Date:
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2006-02-14
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Popularity:
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6,348 views
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Critical:
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 Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | AIX 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-0666
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Description: A vulnerability has been reported in AIX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the AIX 5300-03 unix_mp and unix_64 kernels.
Successful exploitation crashes the system.
The vulnerability affects AIX 5.3 VRMF levels 5.3.0.30 through 5.3.0.33.
Solution: Apply APARs.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/unixservers/aixfixes.html
AIX 5.3.0:
Apply APAR IY79595.
Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by vendor.
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