#201251: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in the Sun Java System Access Manager Administration Console

1. Impact

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in parsing the "Help" and "Version" Windows of the Sun Java System Access Manager Administration Console may allow local and remote unprivileged users to access unauthorized data.

This issue may allow an unprivileged remote user to inject arbitrary URLs into affected web pages, thereby allowing access to the login credentials of the administrator and other users of the Access Manager application.

Sun acknowledges with thanks, Steven Adair of NASA for discovering and reporting this issue.

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform:

Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) without patch 126356-01
Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 (7.0) (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) without patch 120954-06

x86 Platform:

Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) without patch 126357-01
Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 (7.0) (for Solaris 9 and 10) without patch 120955-06

Linux:

Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 without patch 126358-01
Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 (7.0) without patch 120956-06

Windows:

Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 without patch 126359-01
Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 (7.0) without patch 124296-06

Notes:

Sun Java System Access Manager 6.3, 6.2 and 6.1 are not affected by this issue.
This issue is not referenced in the patch READMEs as it has been fixed in the Sun Java Web Console module which is shipped with the Sun Java System Access Manager.

To determine the version of Access Manager on a Solaris system, the following command can be run:

    % pkginfo -l SUNWamsvc || echo "Sun Java Access Manager not installed"
          PKGINST:  SUNWamsvc
             NAME:  Sun Java System Access Manager Services
         CATEGORY:  application
             ARCH:  all
          VERSION:  7.1,REV=06.12.19.15.12

    % pkginfo -l SUNWamsvc || echo "Sun Java Access Manager not installed"
          PKGINST:  SUNWamsvc
             NAME:  Sun Java System Access Manager Services
         CATEGORY:  application
             ARCH:  all
          VERSION:  7.0,REV=05.08.10.09.17

To determine the version of Sun Java System Access Manager on other systems, the following command can be run

    # <access-manager-install-dir>/bin/amadmin --version
    Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1
    # <access-manager-install-dir>/bin/amadmin --version
    Sun Java System Access Manager 2005Q4

(where <access-manager-install-dir> is the installation directory of the Sun Java System Access Manager).

3. Symptoms

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

4. Relief/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 Access Manager 7.1 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) with patch 126356-01 or later
Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 (7.0) (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) with patch 120954-06 or later

x86 Platform

Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) with patch 126357-01 or later
Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 (7.0) (for Solaris 9 and 10) with patch 120955-06 or later

Linux

Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 with patch 126358-01 or later
Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 (7.0) with patch 120956-06 or later

Windows

Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 with patch 126359-01 or later
Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 (7.0) with patch 124296-06 or later

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