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DB2 Discovery Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9795
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Release Date:
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2003-09-19
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Popularity:
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5,325 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | DB2 Universal Database 7.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in DB2, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on the Discovery Service.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the Discovery Service (port 523/udp). This can be exploited to crash it by sending a datagram containing more than 20 bytes of data.
Solution:
Apply DB2 7.2 FixPak 10a:
http://www-3.ibm.com/cgi-bin/db2www/d...nix/support/download.d2w/report#V7LFP
Provided and/or discovered by:
Aaron C. Newman, Application Security.
Original Advisory:
IBM APAR IY47686:
http://www-3.ibm.com/cgi-bin/db2www/d...w/display_apar_details?aparno=IY47686
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