Bug Id
6711524

Product
Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2
Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 6.0

Date of Resolved Release
30-Jul-2008

Security Vulnerability in Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 plugin for Sun N1 Service Provisioning System (SPS)

1. Impact

A Security vulnerability in the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 plugin for Sun N1 Service Provisioning System may allow a user who has access to the N1SPS administrator console to gain unauthorized administrator access on the Sun Java System Web Server that is being maintained by N1SPS.

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases (for both SPARC and x86 platforms):

• Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2.x or 6.0.x without Web Server 7.0 plugin patch 138536-01

Note: Previous versions of Service Provisioning System are not affected by this issue, as Web Server 7.0 plug-in was released first with N1SPS 5.2.

Only systems with Web Server 7.0 plug-in installed are vulnerable to this issue. To determine if a system has this plug-in installed, the following command can be run:

$ pkginfo SUNWspssws70
system,n1sps Sun Microsystems N1 SPS Webserver 7 Plug-in

3. Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issue has been exploited to gain access to the Web Server administrator password.

4. Workaround

There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the Resolution section below.

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases (for both SPARC and x86 platforms):

• Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2.x or 6.0.x with Web Server 7.0 plugin patch 138536-01 or later

For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see 1009886.1.

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References

138536-01





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