CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
93.9%
The Sun iPlanet Web Server and Sun ONE Web Server both ship with a search engine that is not enabled by default. A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in the search engine that could permit an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.
The Sun iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.1 and Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 ship with a search engine that contains a buffer overflow. The search engine is not enabled by default, but is a likely configuration option that would be enabled by the site administrator. If the search engine is enabled, then a remote attacker may be able to exploit the buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code on the system.
If the search engine is enabled, then a remote attacker may be able to exploit the buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code on the system.
Sun Microsystems has released the following service packs to address this issue:
Sun iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.1 (Service Pack 10):
Disable the search engine.
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Notified: July 23, 2002 Updated: July 23, 2002
Affected
Sun can confirm that this issue affects the Sun™ ONE / iPlanet Web Server, versions 4.1 and 6.0. The vulnerability is addressed in the Sun™ ONE Web Server 4.1 Service Pack 10 and 6.0 Service Pack 3, both of which are available from:
<http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/download/>
Sun recommends affected customers download the relevant Service Pack listed above.
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
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The CERT/CC thanks NGSSoftware for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Jason A Rafail.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2002-0686 |
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Severity Metric: | 57.71 Date Public: |