Security Vulnerability in Sun Java System Directory Proxy Server May Grant Unauthorized Administrative Access

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Security Vulnerability in Sun Java System Directory Proxy Server May Grant Unauthorized Administrative Access

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in the Sun Java System Directory Proxy Server may allow a remote unprivileged user to gain unauthorized administrative access to the server. This is caused by the server incorrectly classifying a connection based on the "bind-dn" criteria, resulting in an incorrect policy being applied.

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases for all platforms (Solaris 8, 9, and 10 SPARC and x86 Platforms, Linux, Windows, and HP-UX):

• Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0, 6.1 and 6.2

Note: Directory Proxy Server 5.2 is not impacted by this issue.

To determine if the Directory Server running on a system is affected, the following command can be used:


If the output contains the version string 6.0, 6.1 or 6.2, the system is affected by this issue.

3. Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate this 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:

Native Package Versions:

• Solaris 9 and 10 SPARC patch 125276-07 or later
• Solaris 9 x86 patch 125277-07 or later   
• Solaris 10 x86 and x64 patch 125278-07 or later
• Windows patch 125311-07 or later
  
• Linux patch 125309-07 or later

PatchZIP (Compressed Archive) versions:

• Solaris 9 and 10 SPARC patch 126748-04 or later
• Solaris 9 x86 patch 126749-04 or later
• Solaris 10 x86 and x64 patch 126750-04 or later
• Linux patch 126751-04 or later
• Windows patch 126753-04 or later
• HP-UX patch 126752-04 or later

Note: The above patches can be installed on any impacted release to upgrade it to version 6.3, thereby resolving this issue.

For more information on the upgrade process please see the following:

Directory Server 6.3 Release Notes are available at:


and the Directory Server 6.3 Installation Guide is available at:


For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Technical Instruction ID 213557.

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Modification History

16-Jun-2008: Updated Resolution section to include Windows patch

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