Note: This is an archival copy of Security Sun Alert 200208 as previously published on http://sunsolve.sun.com.
Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1000159.1.
Article ID : 1000159.1
Article Type : Sun Alerts (SURE)
Last reviewed : 2006-05-28
Audience : PUBLIC
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Security Vulnerability in Sun N1 System Manager 1.1

Category
Security

Release Phase
Resolved

Product
Sun N1 System Manager 1.0

Bug Id
6332648

Date of Resolved Release
17-MAY-2006

Impact

A security vulnerability in Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 may allow a local unprivileged user the ability to access internal System Manager passwords.


Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

  • Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 (for Solaris 10) without patch 121161-01

x86 Platform

  • Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 (for Solaris 10) without patch 121161-01

Note: System Manager 1.1 for Linux is not affected by this issue.


Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issue has occurred.


Workaround

To work around the described issue, change the permissions on the files below from 0644 to 0400 by using the following commands as root:

    # /bin/chmod 0400 /cr/hd_jobs_db.sh
    # /bin/chmod 0400 /cr/hd_plan_checkin.sh
    # /bin/chmod 0400 /cr/oracle_plan_checkin.sh

 


Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

  • Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 (for Solaris 10) with patch 121161-01 or later

x86 Platform

  • Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 (for Solaris 10) with patch 121161-01 or later

 



References

121161-01




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