Vulnerability Note VU#612843

Sun iPlanet and ONE Web Servers contain a buffer overflow in the search engine

Overview

The Sun iPlanet Web Server and Sun ONE Web Server both ship with a search engine that is not enabled by default. A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in the search engine that could permit an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

I. Description

The Sun iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.1 and Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 ship with a search engine that contains a buffer overflow. The search engine is not enabled by default, but is a likely configuration option that would be enabled by the site administrator. If the search engine is enabled, then a remote attacker may be able to exploit the buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code on the system.

II. Impact

If the search engine is enabled, then a remote attacker may be able to exploit the buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code on the system.

III. Solution

Sun Microsystems has released the following service packs to address this issue:

Sun iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.1 (Service Pack 10):

http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/download/5261.html

Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 (Service Pack 3):

http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/download/5262.html

Disable the search engine.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Notified	Date Updated
Sun Microsystems Inc.	Vulnerable	23-Jul-2002

References

http://www.nextgenss.com/vna/sun-iws.txt
http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/4851

Credit

The CERT/CC thanks NGSSoftware for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Jason A Rafail.

Other Information

Date Public:	2002-05-27
Date First Published:	2002-07-23
Date Last Updated:	2003-04-11
CERT Advisory:
CVE-ID(s):
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US-CERT Technical Alerts:
Severity Metric:	57.71
Document Revision:	15

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