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:
Disable the search engine.

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate Updated
Sun Microsystems Inc.Vulnerable23-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 Public05/27/2002
Date First Published07/23/2002 05:25:49 PM
Date Last Updated04/11/2003
CERT Advisory 
CVE Name 
Metric57.71
Document Revision15

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