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TITLE:
IBM AIX update for Sendmail

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20675

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20675/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

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

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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