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- IRIX's fcagent daemon is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack.
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- IRIX's (versions 6.4, 6.5 and 6.5.2) fcagent daemon is an RPC based daemon that services requests about status or
- configuration of a FibreVault enclosure (a very fast fiber optics installation of Disks).
- Fcagent is vulnerable to a remote Denial of Service attack that could cause the FibreVault to stop responding,
- making the IRIX's Disk array inaccessible.
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- By sending a specific RPC packet to the fcagent daemon, the FibreVault configuration and status monitor can be
- made inoperable. This causes all the disks inside the FibreVault to stop responding, sometimes resulting in a system
- halt.
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- A patch for the fcagent daemon exists and SGI advises its customers to upgrade to IRIX 6.5.2.
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- IRIX's security home page can be found at: http://www.sgi.com/Support/security/security.html.
- Information on upgrading to IRIX 6.5.2 can be found at: http://support.sgi.com/news/irix2.html.
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