Bug Id
4836906, 4838330

Date of Resolved Release
24-JUN-2003

Sun ONE Application Server may incorrectly validate user authentication ...

1. Impact

The Sun ONE Application Server may incorrectly validate user authentication information with LDAP.

Sun acknowledges, with thanks, Subhajit Mitra of Parametric Technology Corporation (http://www.ptc.com) for bringing this issue to our attention.

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

• Sun ONE Application Server 7.0 Platform Edition
• Sun ONE Application Server 7.0 Standard Edition

Note: All supported platforms are affected. See:

• http://wwws.sun.com/software/products/appsrvr/appsrvr_download.html

3. Symptoms

There are no reliable symptoms that would show the described issues have been exploited.

4. Workaround

There is no workaround. Please see the "Resolution" section below.

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

Windows and Solaris platform

• Sun ONE Application Server 7.0 Update Release 1 and later

Linux platform

• Sun ONE Application Server 7.0.0_00 and later

The above releases are available for download at:

• http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/3e3af96b.html

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Product
Sun ONE Application Server 7, Platform Edition
Sun ONE Application Server 7, Standard Edition

Modification History
25-SEP-2003: Updated Impact section.




























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