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IBM AIX update for Sendmail Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA20675  
Release Date: 2006-06-15

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:AIX 5.x


CVE reference:CVE-2006-1173 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
IBM has acknowledged a vulnerability in sendmail, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA15779

Solution:
Apply temporary fix until APARs are available.

Interim fix:
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/sendmail_vu146718.tar.Z


APAR for AIX 5.2.0:
IY85930 (available approx. 2006-08-23)

APAR for AIX 5.3.0:
IY85415 (available approx. 2006-08-09)

Other References:
SA15779:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15779/


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