I don't think it is a new vulnerability.  We knew about UDP (-sU) and TCP SYN (-sS) scans causing problems on several *nix and windows systems, and the OS detect (-O) also causes problems, but we have had standard TCP (-sT) scans bring down AIX and SCO systems.  I had a problem with AIX 3.1 (I think) earlier this year.  When I get more information I will send it, but I just wanted to let people know that NMAP can cause problems and to be careful.

Dusty


> Is this a *NEW* set of vulnerabilities? Otherwise it's old news,
> see the SecureXpert advisory from 1998 or so, it was on Bugtraq,
> should be easy to google.
> 
> If it is a new vuln, do you have more information?
> What versions of AIX.. what scan options.. patches available, etc.
> 
>  - bri