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Apply the emergency-fixes described below. However, it causes ntp daemon problems when run as is. The exploit code would need to be modified for full exploitation on the RISC6000 architecture. Nonetheless, IBM has found that a vulnerability in the daemon source code does exist, and has fixed this problem. A malicious local or remote user can use a well-crafted exploit code to gain root privileges on the attacked system, compromising the integrity of the system and its attached local network.