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TITLE:
IBM AIX BIND Dynamic Update Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA36192

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36192/

DESCRIPTION:
IBM has acknowledged a vulnerability in named in AIX, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA36038

The vulnerability is reported in AIX 5.3 and  6.1.

SOLUTION:
Apply fixes or APARs as soon as they become available.
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bind_fix.tar

AIX 5.3.7:
IZ56311 (approximately available 11/11/2009)

AIX 5.3.8:
IZ56312 (approximately available 11/11/2009)

AIX 5.3.9:
IZ56313 (approximately available 11/11/2009)

AIX 5.3.10:
IZ56314 (approximately available 11/11/2009)

AIX 6.1.0:
IZ56315 (approximately available 9/23/2009)

AIX 6.1.1:
IZ56316 (approximately available 9/23/2009)

AIX6.1.2:
IZ56317 (approximately available 9/23/2009)

AIX 6.1.3:
IZ56318 (approximately available 9/23/2009)

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bind_advisory.asc

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA36038:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36038/

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