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TITLE:
IBM AIX PowerHA Cluster Management Data Manipulation

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37267

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37267/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM AIX, which can be exploited
by malicious people to manipulate certain data.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the
PowerHA Cluster Management component. This can be exploited to make
arbitrary changes to the local AIX configuration via specially
crafted packets sent to TCP port 6177.

The vulnerability is reported in AIX 5.3, 6.1, and prior, running
PowerHA versions 5.4, 5.4.1, 5.5, or 6.1.

SOLUTION:
Apply interim fixes:
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/haport_fix.tar

Please see the vendor's advisory for more information on APAR
availability.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/haport_advisory.asc

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