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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2009.1464 A Security Vulnerability With Verifying HMAC-based XML Digital Signatures in the XML Digital Signature Implementation Included With the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1 may Allow Authentication to be Bypassed 2 November 2009 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1 Publisher: Sun Microsystems Operating System: Solaris Linux variants Windows AIX Impact/Access: Unauthorised Access -- Remote/Unauthenticated Provide Misleading Information -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2009-0217 Reference: ESB-2009.1078 Original Bulletin: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-269208-1 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- A Security Vulnerability With Verifying HMAC-based XML Digital Signatures in the XML Digital Signature Implementation Included With the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1 may Allow Authentication to be Bypassed _________________________________________________________________ Category : Security Release Phase : Resolved Bug Id : 6868619 Product : Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1 Date of Resolved Release : 29-Oct-2009 A security vulnerability with verifying HMAC-based XML digital signatures: 1. Impact A security vulnerability with verifying HMAC-based XML digital signatures in the XML Digital Signature implementation included with webservices component of Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server may allow authentication to be bypassed. This could allow a user to forge an XML digital signature that would be accepted as valid. Applications that validate HMAC-based XML digital signatures may be vulnerable to this issue. This issue is also described in the following documents: CERT VU#466161 at: * http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/466161 CVE-2009-0217 at: * http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0217 Sun acknowledges, with thanks, Thomas Roessler from the W3C for bringing this issue to our attention. 2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following releases: For customers with a valid support contract: SPARC Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB (Package Based) without patch 128640-13 * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB without patch 128643-13 * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 without patch 128647-13 x86 Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB (Package Based) without patch 128641-13 * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB without patch 128644-13 * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 without patch 128648-13 Linux Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB (Package Based) without patch 128642-13 * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB without patch 128645-13 * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 without patch 128649-13 Windows Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB without patch 128646-13 * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 without patch 128650-13 AIX Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 without patch 137916-12 For customers without a valid support contract: SPARC Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB (Package Based) without patch 141709-02 * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB without patch 141700-02 * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 without patch 141704-02 x86 Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB (Package Based) without patch 141710-02 * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB without patch 141701-02 * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 without patch 141705-02 Linux Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB (Package Based) without patch 141711-02 * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB without patch 141702-02 * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 without patch 141706-02 Windows * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB without patch 141703-02 * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 without patch 141707-02 AIX Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 without patch 141708-02 Note 1: Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1 was formerly referred to as Sun Java System Application Server 9.1UR2 patch 6. Note 2: Sun Java System Application Server 8.x and 9.0 is not affected by this issue. To determine the version of Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server on a system, the following command can be run: $ <AS-install>/bin/asadmin version (Where <AS-install> is the installation directory of the Application Server ). 3. Symptoms There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issue has been exploited. 4. Workaround There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the Resolution section below. 5. Resolution This issue is addressed in the following releases: For customers with a valid support contract: SPARC Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB (Package Based) with patch 128640-13 or later * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB with patch 128643-13 or later * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with patch 128647-13 or later x86 Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB (Package Based) with patch 128641-13 or later * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB with patch 128644-13 or later * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with patch 128648-13 or later Linux Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB (Package Based) with patch 128642-13 or later * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB with patch 128645-13 or later * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with patch 128649-13 or later Windows * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB with patch 128646-13 or later * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with patch 128650-13 or later AIX Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with patch 137916-12 or later For customers without a valid support contract: SPARC Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB (Package Based) with patch 141709-02 or later * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB with patch 141700-02 or later * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with patch 141704-02 or later x86 Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB (Package Based) with patch 141710-02 or later * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB with patch 141701-02 or later * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with patch 141705-02 or later Linux Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB (Package Based) with patch 141711-02 or later * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB with patch 141702-02 or later * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with patch 141706-02 or later Windows * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with HADB with patch 141703-02 or later * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with patch 141707-02 or later AIX Platform * Sun GlassFish Enterprise Sever v2.1 with patch 141708-02 or later For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Technical Instruction ID 213557. 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