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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2003.0548 -- Sun(sm) Alert Notification Security Vulnerability in SSL/TLS Block Ciphers May Affect Sun ONE/iplanet Web Server and Application Server 07 August 2003 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server Sun ONE Application Server Publisher: Sun Microsystems Operating System: Sun Solaris Sun Linux Red Hat Linux HP-UX AIX Microsoft Windows Impact: Access Confidential Data Access Required: Remote Comment: Original bulletin: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F54147 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- DOCUMENT ID: 54147 SYNOPSIS: Security Vulnerability in SSL/TLS Block Ciphers May Affect Sun ONE/iplanet Web Server and Application Server DETAIL DESCRIPTION: Sun(sm) Alert Notification * Sun Alert ID: 54147 * Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in SSL/TLS Block Ciphers may affect Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server and Application Server * Category: Security * Product: Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server, Sun ONE Application Server * BugIDs: 4828761 * Avoidance: Workaround, Upgrade * State: Resolved * Date Released: 06-May-2003, 08-May-2003, 05-Aug-2003 * Date Closed: 05-Aug-2003 * Date Modified: 08-May-2003, 05-Aug-2003 1. Impact In Sun ONE Application Server or Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server, it may be possible under certain circumstances to gather information about the data transmitted over a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or a Transport Layer Security (TLS) channel. This vulnerability is due to the way error handling is implemented with Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode ciphers in SSL and TLS and has been described in: [1]http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/news/vaudenay-cbc.h tml The described issue does not expose private or session keys. This issue primarily affects TLS rather than SSL version 3. 2. Contributing Factors This issue may occur in the following releases: * Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 6.0 Service Pack 1 through 5 * Sun ONE Application Server 7.0 Note: All architectures and platforms are impacted by this issue. For supported architectures and OS versions see: * Web Server 6.0 [2]http://wwws.sun.com/software/products/web_srvr/home_web_srvr.ht ml * App Server 7.0 [3]http://wwws.sun.com/software/products/appsrvr/home_appsrvr.html 3. Symptoms There are no visible symptoms that would show the described issue has been exploited. SOLUTION SUMMARY: 4. Relief/Workaround To workaround the descibed issue follow the steps below: Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 6.0 Service Pack 1 through 5 Disable TLS or disable the following ciphers : Fortezza with 80 bit encryption and SHA message authentication DES with 56 bit encryption and SHA message authentication RC2 with 40 bit encryption and MD5 message authentication (FIPS) Triple DES with 168 bit encryption and SHA message authenticatio n (FIPS) DES with 56 bit encryption and SHA message authentication Triple DES with 168 bit encryption and SHA message authentication To Disable TLS or disable the above ciphers: Login to the admin server and click on the instance to be managed Click on preferences -> Edit listen sockets Click on the attributes for the listen socket to be edited click on attributes click on SSL2 and SSL3/TLS to disable TLS or above mentioned ciphers Sun ONE Application Server 7.0 Disable TLS or disable the following ciphers: rsa_3des_sha rsa_des_sha rsa_rc2_40_md5 rsa_des_56_sha To disable TLS or disable the above ciphers: Login to the admin server and click on App server instances Click on the server to disable the TLS or ciphers Click on HTTP Server Click HTTP Listeners -http-listener-x and the values will be seen in the right frame 5. Resolution This issue is addressed in the following releases: * Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 6.0 Service Pack 6 and later * Sun ONE Application Server 7.0 Update Release 1 and later The above releases are available for download at: Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 6.0 Service Pack 6 * [4]http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/3f186391.html Sun ONE Application Server 7.0 Update Release 1 * Standard Edition: [5]http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/3ec3e772.html * Platform Edition: [6]http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/3ec1008e.html Change History 08-May-2003: * Updated Contributing Factors 05-Aug-2003: * State: Resolved * Updated Resolution section This Sun Alert notification is being provided to you on an "AS IS" basis. This Sun Alert notification may contain information provided by third parties. The issues described in this Sun Alert notification may or may not impact your system(s). 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References Visible links 1. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/news/vaudenay-cbc.html 2. http://wwws.sun.com/software/products/web_srvr/home_web_srvr.html 3. http://wwws.sun.com/software/products/appsrvr/home_appsrvr.html 4. http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/3f186391.html 5. http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/3ec3e772.html 6. http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/3ec1008e.html Hidden links: 7. http://wwws.sun.com/software/producks/appsrvr/home_appsrvr.html - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. If you do not know who that is, please send an email to auscert@auscert.org.au and we will forward your request to the appropriate person. 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