A Security Vulnerability in Sun Java System Access Manager May Disclose Confidential Information

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A Security Vulnerability in Sun Java System Access Manager May Disclose Confidential Information

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in Sun Java System Access Manager may disclose clear text passwords in debug files when the debug flag is enabled. This would allow a local unprivileged user to gain unauthorized access to user identities which are managed by Sun Java System Access Manager.

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform:

• Sun Java System Access Manager 6.3 2005Q1 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) without patch 119465-16
• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.0 2005Q4 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) without patch 120954-10
• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) without patch 126356-03

x86 Platform:

• Sun Java System Access Manager 6.3 2005Q1 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) without patch 119465-16
• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.0 2005Q4 (for Solaris 9 and 10) without patch 120955-10
• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) without patch 126357-03

Linux:

• Sun Java System Access Manager 6.3 2005Q1 without patch 119502-16
• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.0 2005Q4 without patch 120956-10
• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 without patch 126358-03

Windows:

• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.0 2005Q4 without patch 124296-10
• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 without patch 126359-03
  

HP-UX:

• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.0 2005Q4 without patch 126371-10

Other:

• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 WAR file-based installation (all platforms) without patch 140504-03
• OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 (for all supported platforms) without patch 141655-01
  

Note: This issue only affects the Sun Java System Access Manager if the "com.iplanet.services.debug.level" property is set to "message" in the AMConfig.properties configuration file. For example:

com.iplanet.services.debug.level=message

This property is not set to "message" by default.

To determine if Sun Java System Access Manager is installed, the following command can be run on a Solaris system :

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

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

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 been exploited.

4. Workaround

To work around the described issue, the "com.iplanet.services.debug.level" property can be set to an alternate value such as "error" in the AMConfig.properties configuration file. For example:


5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform:

• Sun Java System Access Manager 6.3 2005Q1 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) with patch 119465-16 or later
• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.0 2005Q4 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) with patch 120954-10 or later
• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) with patch 126356-03 or later

x86 Platform:

• Sun Java System Access Manager 6.3 2005Q1 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) with patch 119465-16 or later
• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.0 2005Q4 (for Solaris 9 and 10) with patch 120955-10 or later
• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 (for Solaris 8, 9 and 10) with patch 126357-03 or later

Linux:

• Sun Java System Access Manager 6.3 2005Q1 with patch 119502-16 or later
• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.0 2005Q4 with patch 120956-10 or later
• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 with patch 126358-03 or later

Windows:

• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.0 2005Q4 with patch 124296-10 or later
• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 with patch 126359-03 or later

HP-UX:

• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.0 2005Q4 with patch 126371-10 or later

Other: 

• Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 WAR file-based installation (all platforms) with patch 140504-03 or later
• OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 (for all supported platforms) with patch 141655-01 or later
  

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