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Article ID : 1020815.1
Article Type : Sun Alerts (SURE)
Last reviewed : 2009-08-06
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Security Vulnerabilities in Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 (Web Agents) May Cause Denial of Service (DoS)



Category
Security

Release Phase
Resolved

Bug Id
6817868

Product
Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agents 2.2

Date of Resolved Release
07-Aug-2009

Security Vulnerabilities in Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 (Web Agents) May Cause Denial of Service (DoS)

1. Impact

Security vulnerabilities in Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 (Web Agents) may allow a local or remote user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) to the Policy Agent in the form of a program crash or an infinite loop, or possibly to execute arbitrary code by sending crafted XML documents.

These issues are related to the vulnerabilities which are described in the following documents:


2. Contributing Factors

These issues can occur in the following releases for all supported platforms:
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Apache 2.0.54 without patch 141243-01
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Apache 2.2.9 without patch 141244-01
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Domino Server 6.5/7.0/8.0 without patch 141245-01
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Microsoft IIS 5.0 without patch 141246-01
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Microsoft IIS 6.0 without patch 141247-01
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0 without patch 141248-01
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 without patch 141249-01
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 without patch 141250-01
For details on how to determine the version of Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent on a system, see the "Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 Release Notes" at:


3. Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issues have been exploited.

4. Workaround

There is no workaround for these issues. Please see the Resolution section below.

5. Resolution

These issues are addressed in the following releases for all supported platforms:
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Apache 2.0.54 with patch 141243-01 or later
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Apache 2.2.9 with patch 141244-01 or later
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Domino Server 6.5/7.0/8.0 with patch 141245-01 or later
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Microsoft IIS 5.0 with patch 141246-01 or later
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Microsoft IIS 6.0 with patch 141247-01 or later
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0 with patch 141248-01 or later
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 with patch 141249-01 or later
  • Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 for Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 with patch 141250-01 or later
For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see 1009886.1.

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References

141243-01
141244-01
141245-01
141246-01
141247-01
141248-01
141249-01
141250-01





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