TITLE:
Sun Java System Directory Server HTTP Admin Interface Unspecified
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17092

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17092/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/1520/

DESCRIPTION:
Peter Winter-Smith has reported a vulnerability in Sun Java System
Directory Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the HTTP
admin interface. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a
vulnerable system.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 5.2 (patch 3 and
prior).

SOLUTION:
Apply patch 4.

-- PatchZIP version of Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 --

Solaris 8, 9, and 10 on the SPARC Platform:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-117665-03-1

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Peter Winter-Smith, NGSSoftware

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-117665-03-1

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