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IBM AIX DNS Cache Poisoning
Secunia Advisory: SA31094
Release Date: 2008-07-16
Last Update: 2008-08-04
Popularity: 2,995 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Spoofing
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:AIX 5.x
AIX 6.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-1447


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM AIX, which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache.

For more information:
SA30973

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

-- APARS --

AIX 5.2.0:
IZ26667 (available approximately 8/27/2008)

AIX 5.3.0:
IZ26668 (available approximately 8/20/2008)

AIX 5.3.7:
IZ26669 (available approximately 8/20/2008)

AIX 5.3.8:
IZ26670 (available approximately 8/20/2008)

AIX 6.1.0:
IZ26671 (available approximately 8/20/2008)

AIX 6.1.1:
IZ26672 (available approximately 8/20/2008)

Changelog:
2008-08-04: Updated "Solution" and "Original Advisory" sections.

Original Advisory:
IBM:
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bind_advisory.asc

US-CERT:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-7DWR4J

Other References:
SA30973:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30973/


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