IBM AIX 'portmapper' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:35211

Info

IBM AIX 'portmapper' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 35211
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 04 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 04 2009 04:39PM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 5.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM AIX 'portmapper' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

AIX is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to hang computers that depend on NFS, NIS, or other subsystems that depend on 'portmapper', thus denying service to legitimate users.

AIX 5.3 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

IBM AIX 'portmapper' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

IBM AIX 'portmapper' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes. Please see the references for details.


IBM AIX 5.3

References

IBM AIX 'portmapper' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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