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
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 | 05/27/2002 |
Date First Published | 07/23/2002 05:25:49 PM |
Date Last Updated | 04/11/2003 |
CERT Advisory | |
CVE Name | |
Metric | 57.71 |
Document Revision | 15 |
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