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                                    CERT-Renater

                         Note d'Information No. 2006/VULN284
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DATE                      : 29/05/2006

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S)      : /

OPERATING SYSTEM(S)       : Systems running Sun N1 System Manager 1.1.

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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
      * Sun Alert ID: 102024
      * Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in Sun N1 System Manager 1.1
      * Category: Security
      * Product: Sun N1 System Manager
      * BugIDs: 6332648
      * Avoidance: Patch, Workaround
      * State: Resolved
      * Date Released: 17-May-2006
      * Date Closed: 17-May-2006
      * Date Modified:

1. Impact

    A security vulnerability in Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 may allow a
    local unprivileged user the ability to access internal System Manager
    passwords.

2. Contributing Factors

    This issue can occur in the following releases:

    SPARC Platform
      * Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 (for Solaris 10) without patch
        121161-01

    x86 Platform
      * Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 (for Solaris 10) without patch
        121161-01

    Note: System Manager 1.1 for Linux is not affected by this issue.

3. Symptoms

    There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described
    issue has occurred.

4. Relief/Workaround

    To work around the described issue, change the permissions on the
    files below from 0644 to 0400 by using the following commands as root:
     # /bin/chmod 0400 /cr/hd_jobs_db.sh
     # /bin/chmod 0400 /cr/hd_plan_checkin.sh
     # /bin/chmod 0400 /cr/oracle_plan_checkin.sh


5. Resolution

    This issue is addressed in the following releases:

    SPARC Platform
      * Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 (for Solaris 10) with patch 121161-01
        or later

    x86 Platform
      * Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 (for Solaris 10) with patch 121161-01
        or later


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