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TITLE:
InfoSphere Guardium S-TAP Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49638

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=49638

RELEASE DATE:
2012-06-21

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in InfoSphere Guardium, which can
be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the "aix_ktap" S-TAP
module when monitoring multiple database connections, which use
shared memory. This can be exploited to cause a system crash via a
specially crafted multi-threaded application.

The vulnerability is reported in version 8.x running on AIX only.

SOLUTION:
Update to revision r39471 or later.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21599077

OTHER REFERENCES:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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