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TITLE:
IBM Communications Server for AIX APPC Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39909

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-05-26

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM Communications Server for
AIX, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing APPC
(Advanced Program-to-Program Communications) packets. This can be
exploited to crash an affected server via a specially crafted APPC
packet defining a GDSID variable with an overly small length.

SOLUTION:
Apply fileset sna.rte version 6.3.1.2.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24013012
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ68810

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