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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2003.0836 -- Sun(sm) Alert Notification - Sun Alert ID: 57423 Sun ONE Web Server "Denial of Service" Vulnerability 04 December 2003 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 4.1 Service Pack 12 and earlier Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 6.0 Service Pack 5 and earlier Publisher: Sun Microsystems Operating System: Windows Impact: Denial of Service Access Required: Remote Comment: Original bulletin: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F57423 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- DOCUMENT ID: 57423 SYNOPSIS: Sun ONE Web Server Denial-of-Service Vulnerability DETAIL DESCRIPTION: Sun(sm) Alert Notification * Sun Alert ID: 57423 * Synopsis: Sun ONE Web Server "Denial of Service" Vulnerability * Category: Security * Product: Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server * BugIDs: 4842190 * Avoidance: Upgrade * State: Resolved * Date Released: 02-Dec-2003 * Date Closed: 02-Dec-2003 * Date Modified: 1. Impact A vulnerability in the Sun ONE Web Server may be exploited to crash the web server (a type of "Denial of Service"). 2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following releases: * Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 4.1 Service Pack 12 and earlier * Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 6.0 Service Pack 5 and earlier Note: This issue only affects the Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server running on the Windows Platform. 3. Symptoms The web server exits unexpectedly with no error messages written to log files. SOLUTION SUMMARY: 4. Relief/Workaround There is no workaround. Please see the "Resolution" section below. 5. Resolution This issue is addressed in the following releases: * Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 4.1 Service Pack 13 or later * Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 6.0 Service Pack 6 or later available at [1]http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/inter_ecom.html#webs. This Sun Alert notification is being provided to you on an "AS IS" basis. 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