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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                              ESB-2009.1630.2
           Security Vulnerability in the Sun Ray Server Software
           Authentication Manager May Allow a Denial of Service
                             15 December 2009

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           Sun Ray Server Software
Publisher:         Sun Microsystems
Operating System:  Solaris
                   Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 4
                   Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
                   SUSE
Impact/Access:     Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
                   Denial of Service               -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2009-4294  

Original Bulletin: 
   http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-267548-1

Revision History:  December 15 2009: Added CVE Reference
                   December 11 2009: Initial Release

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Article ID : 267548
Article Type : Sun Alert
Last reviewed : 2009-12-09
Audience : PUBLIC
Keywords :

Copyright Notice: Copyright © 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights
Reserved

Security Vulnerability in the Sun Ray Server Software Authentication
Manager May Allow a Denial of Service (DoS)
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Category : Security
Release Phase : Resolved
Bug Id : 6838464
Product : Sun Ray Server Software 4.0
Sun Ray Server Software 4.1
Date of Resolved Release : 09-Dec-2009

Security Vulnerability in the Sun Ray Server Software Authentication Manager
May Allow a Denial of Service (DoS)

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in the Sun Ray Server Software Authentication
Manager may allow a remote unprivileged user to cause a Denial of
Service (DoS) to Sun Ray services or to run arbitrary code with root
privileges.

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform
  * Sun Ray Server Software 4.0 (for Solaris 10) without patch
    127553-07
  * Sun Ray Server Software 4.1 (for Solaris 10) without patch
    139548-03

x86 Platform
  * Sun Ray Server Software 4.0 (for Solaris 10) without patch
    127554-07
  * Sun Ray Server Software 4.1 (for Solaris 10) without patch
    139549-03

Linux
  * Sun Ray Server Software 4.0 (for RHEL AS 4, SLES 9) without patch
    127555-07
  * Sun Ray Server Software 4.1 (for RHEL 5, SLES 10) without patch
    139550-03

To determine if Authentication Manager is running, the following
command can be run:

$ ps -ef | grep utauth
root  3910  3909  0 Jul 31 ? 434:01 /etc/opt/SUNWut/jre/bin/java -client
auth.utauthd.utauthd

If no Java process with '-client auth.utauthd.utauthd' parameters is
listed, then Sun Ray Authentication Manager is not running.
Alternatively, If utauthd(1M) has crashed, running the utgstatus(1M)
tool will report an error:

$ /opt/SUNWut/sbin/utgstatus
Error: Could not get gstatus information from server <hostname>

3. Symptoms

Sun Ray DTUs will show a 26D OSD icon if the Sun Ray Authentication
Manager is no longer running.
There are no reliable symptoms which would indicate that this issue
has been exploited to execute arbitrary code without crashing the Sun
Ray Authentication Manager.
Commands such as the following can be used to determine if the Sun Ray
Authentication Manager is no longer running on the server:

$ ps -ef | grep utauth
root  3910  3909  0 Jul 31 ? 434:01 /etc/opt/SUNWut/jre/bin/java -client auth.u
tauthd.utauthd

If no java process with '-client auth.utauthd.utauthd' parameters is
listed, then the Authentication Manager is not running.
Alternatively, If utauthd(1M) has crashed, running the utgstatus(1M)
tool will report an error:

$ /opt/SUNWut/sbin/utgstatus
Error: Could not get gstatus information from server <hostname>

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 Ray Server Software 4.0 (for Solaris 10) with patch
    127553-07 or later
  * Sun Ray Server Software 4.1 (for Solaris 10) with patch
    139548-03 or later

x86 Platform
  * Sun Ray Server Software 4.0 (for Solaris 10) with patch
    127554-07 or later
  * Sun Ray Server Software 4.1 (for Solaris 10) with patch
    139549-03 or later

Linux
  * Sun Ray Server Software 4.0 (for RHEL AS 4, SLES 9) with patch
    127555-07 or later
  * Sun Ray Server Software 4.1 (for RHEL 5, SLES 10) with patch
    139550-03 or later

For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Technical
Instruction ID 213557.
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