Sun Security Advisory - Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the Sun Java System Web Proxy Server may allow a remote unprivileged user to crash either the Web Proxy Server or the Admin Server (of the Web Proxy Server) or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the respective server processes.
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td nowrap="" width="3%" valign="top"><b>Document ID:</b></td><td valign="top" align="left">57606</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="" width="3%" valign="top"><b>Title:</b></td><td valign="top" align="left">Document ID 57606</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="" width="3%" valign="top"><b>Synopsis:</b></td><td valign="top" align="left">Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server </td></tr><tr><td nowrap="" width="3%" valign="top"><b>Update Date:</b></td><td valign="top" align="left">2004-10-29</td></tr></table><hr><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#999999"><td><font color="#ffffff" size="2"><b>Description</b></font></td><td align="right"><b><a href="#top"><font color="#ffffff" size="2">Top</font></a></b></td></tr></table><b>
Sun(sm) Alert Notification
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Sun Alert ID: 57606
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Synopsis: Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server
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Category: Security
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Product: Sun Java System Web Proxy Server
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BugIDs: 4973815, 4973816
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Avoidance: Upgrade
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State: Resolved
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Date Released: 29-Oct-2004
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Date Closed: 29-Oct-2004
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Date Modified:
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1. Impact
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Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the Sun Java System Web Proxy Server may allow a remote unprivileged user to crash either the Web Proxy Server or the Admin Server (of the Web Proxy Server) or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the respective server processes.
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<b>Note:</b> The recommended UIDs for the Web Proxy Server and Admin Server are "nobody" and "root" respectively, at installation time. However, the administrator may have used different UIDs from the recommended ones during installation.
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Sun acknowledges with thanks, Matt Moore of Pentest Limited, for bringing these issues to our attention.
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2. Contributing Factors
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These issues can occur in the following release on all platforms:
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Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 3.6 Service Pack 4 and earlier
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For supported architectures and OS versions see <a href="http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/4096ba15.html">http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/4096ba15.html</a>.
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3. Symptoms
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There are no reliable symptoms that would indicate the described issues have been exploited to execute arbitrary code. The Web Proxy Server or Admin Server may crash if the buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been exploited.
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#999999"><td><font color="#ffffff" size="2"><b>Solution Summary</b></font></td><td align="right"><b><a href="#top"><font color="#ffffff" size="2">Top</font></a></b></td></tr></table><b>
4. Relief/Workaround
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There is no workaround. Please see the "Resolution" section below.
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5. Resolution
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These issues are addressed in the following release:
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Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 3.6 Service Pack 5 or later
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Sun Java System Web Server releases are available for download at <a href="http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/4149bc42.html">http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/4149bc42.html</a>.
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