TITLE:
AIX Kernel Unspecified Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18795

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18795/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
Local system

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

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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