# CVE-2009-1954: Unspecified vulnerability in portmapper (aka portmap) in IBM AIX 5.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via unknown

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-06-06 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ50802
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51167
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35211
- ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/iz50802/IZ50802.53TL8SP6.epkg.Z

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