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DB2 discovery service DOS

Family:

Denial of Service

Category:

denial

Copyright:

This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Michel Arboi

Summary:

A too long UDP packet kills the remote service

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2003-0827

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

-

Description:

It was possible to crash the DB2 UDP based discovery service
by sending a too long packet.

An attacker may use this attack to make this service crash
continuously, preventing you from working properly.


Solution: upgrade your software - apply FixPack 10a

Risk factor : Low