Bug Id
6797327

Product
Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4

Date of Resolved Release
21-Apr-2009

Security Vulnerability with HTTP Response Splitting in Sun Java System Delegated Administrator

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in Sun Java System Delegated Administrator may allow a remote unprivileged user to influence the data stored by an intervening proxy server in response to data transferred from the Delegated Administrator server (by means of HTTP Response Splitting), or to perform related Cross-Site Scripting activities.

Sun would like to acknowledge with thanks, CORE Security Technologies for bringing this issue to our attention.

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.2
• Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.3
• Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 without patch 121581-20

x86 Platform

• Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.2
• Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.3
• Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 without patch 121582-20

Linux Platform

• Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.2
• Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.3
• Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 without patch 121583-20

To determine the version of Sun Java System Delegated Administrator installed on a system, access the Delegated Administrator Console using a browser and click on the Version button of the masthead. The current version will be displayed in a popup window. Alternatively, the following command can be run:

$ <da_installed_base>/bin/commadmin -V

3. Symptoms

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

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:

SPARC Platform

• Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 with patch 121581-20 or later

x86 Platform

• Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 with patch 121582-20 or later

Linux Platform

• Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 with patch 121583-20 or later

Note: The resolution for Sun Java System Delegated Administrator versions 6.2 and 6.3 is to upgrade to version 6.4 and then install the appropriate patch. The upgrade and resolution of this vulnerability can be performed at the same time by installing one of the above patches directly onto versions 6.2 or 6.3 of the product as part of the upgrade process. For more details about performing this upgrade, please see the following URL:

For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see 1009886.1.

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References

121581-20
121582-20
121583-20





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