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TITLE:
OS/400 Incoming Remote Command Service Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14970

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14970/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
OS/400 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/212/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in OS/400, which can be exploited
by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the IRC
(Incoming Remote Command) service when processing input. This can be
exploited to crash the service via some specially crafted data.

SOLUTION:
A PTF is reportedly available, which fixes the vulnerability.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas29afd3991f5f290b086256fdb0053b293

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