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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2009.1594 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the XML Library May Result in Arbitrary Code Execution or a Denial of Service (DoS) 4 December 2009 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: libxml2 Publisher: Sun Microsystems Operating System: Solaris Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2008-4226 CVE-2008-4225 CVE-2008-3529 Reference: ESB-2009.1256 ESB-2009.0144 Original Bulletin: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-266428-1 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the XML Library (see libxml2(3)) Bundled With Sun Management Center (SunMC) May Result in Arbitrary Code Execution or a Denial of Service (DoS) _________________________________________________________________ Category : Security Release Phase : Resolved Bug Id : 6808162 Product : Sun Management Center 3.6 Sun Management Center 3.6.1 Sun Management Center 4.0 Date of Resolved Release : 02-Dec-2009 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the XML Library (see libxml2(3)) Bundled W ith Sun Management Center (SunMC) May Result in Arbitrary Code Execution or a D enial of Service (DoS) 1. Impact Multiple security vulnerabilities in the XML library (see libxml2(3)) bundled with Sun Management Center 3.6.1 and 4.0 may allow a local or remote unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the SunMC application or crash the SunMC application causing a Denial of Service (DoS) by providing a specially crafted XML file. The SunMC application runs with root privileges. Additional information regarding these issues is available in the following documents: CVE-2008-3529 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3529 CVE-2008-4225 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4225 CVE-2008-4226 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4226 2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following releases: SPARC Platform * Sun Management Center 3.6.1 (for Solaris 7) without patch 123919-12 * Sun Management Center 3.6.1 (for Solaris 8) without patch 123920-12 * Sun Management Center 3.6.1 (for Solaris 9) without patch 123921-12 * Sun Management Center 3.6.1 (for Solaris 10) without patch 123923-12 * Sun Management Center 4.0 (for Solaris 8) without patch 127680-07 * Sun Management Center 4.0 (for Solaris 9) without patch 127681-07 * Sun Management Center 4.0 (for Solaris 10) without patch 127683-07 x86 Platform: * Sun Management Center 3.6.1 (for Solaris 9) without patch 123922-11 * Sun Management Center 3.6.1 (for Solaris 10) without patch 123924-11 * Sun Management Center 4.0 (for Solaris 9) without patch 127682-07 * Sun Management Center 4.0 (for Solaris 10) without patch 143324-01 Notes: 1. These issues affect systems installed with Sun Management Center (SunMC) server and agent software. Sun Management Center can be downloaded from: http://www.sun.com/software/products/sunmanagementcenter/ SunMC is not bundled with Solaris. 2. To determine if SunMC server is installed on a Solaris system or what version is present, the following command can be run: $ pkginfo -l SUNWessrv | grep VERSION VERSION: 3.6.1,REV=2.7.2003.08.28 If the following error message is returned, the "SUNWessrv" package and SunMC server are not installed on the system. ERROR: information for "SUNWessrv" was not found 3. To determine if SunMC agent is installed on a Solaris system or what version is present, the following command can be run: $ pkginfo -l SUNWescom | grep VERSION VERSION: 3.6.1,REV=2.7.2003.08.28 If the following error message is returned, the "SUNWescom" package and SunMC agent are not installed on the system. ERROR: information for "SUNWescom" was not found 3. Symptoms There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issues have 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: SPARC Platform * Sun Management Center 3.6.1 (for Solaris 7) with patch 123919-12 or later * Sun Management Center 3.6.1 (for Solaris 8) with patch 123920-12 or later * Sun Management Center 3.6.1 (for Solaris 9) with patch 123921-12 or later * Sun Management Center 3.6.1 (for Solaris 10) with patch 123923-12 or later * Sun Management Center 4.0 (for Solaris 8) with patch 127680-07 or later * Sun Management Center 4.0 (for Solaris 9) with patch 127681-07 or later * Sun Management Center 4.0 (for Solaris 10) with patch 127683-07 or later x86 Platform * Sun Management Center 3.6.1 (for Solaris 9) with patch 123922-11 or later * Sun Management Center 3.6.1 (for Solaris 10) with patch 123924-11 or later * Sun Management Center 4.0 (for Solaris 9) with patch 127682-07 or later * Sun Management Center 4.0 (for Solaris 10) with patch 143324-01 or later Note: Users of Sun Management Center 3.61 (EOL) are encouraged to upgrade to SunMC 4.0, which can be downloaded from the following site: http://www.sun.com/software/products/sunmanagementcenter/get.ht ml For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Technical Instruction ID 213557. 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