IBM AIX 5.3 Portmapper denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM AIX 5.3 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Portmapper. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2009-1954. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM AIX 5.3 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Portmapper. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in portmapper (aka portmap) in IBM AIX 5.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via unknown vectors, related to libtli.

The issue has been introduced in 08/01/2004. The weakness was disclosed 06/07/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-1954 since 06/06/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1771 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51167) and SecurityFocus (BID 35211†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

08/01/2004 🔍
06/04/2009 +1768 days 🔍
06/06/2009 +2 days 🔍
06/07/2009 +1 days 🔍
06/07/2009 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2109 days 🔍
04/11/2019 +1486 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-1954 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1954
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48457
X-Force: 51167
SecurityFocus: 35211 - IBM AIX 'portmapper' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 04/11/2019 23:21
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (54), 04/11/2019 23:21 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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