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                                   CERT-Renater

                        Note d'Information No. 2010/VULN025
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DATE                      : 13/01/2010

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S)      : /

OPERATING SYSTEM(S)       : Systems running Sun Identity Manager version 8.1.

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Security Vulnerability in Identity Manager 8.1.0.5 and 8.1.0.6
Configured with Sun Java System Access Manager, OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0
or IBM Tivoli Access Manager
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Category :                 Security
Release Phase :            Resolved
Bug Id :                   21838
Product :                  Sun Identity Manager 8.1
Date of Resolved Release : 11-Jan-2010

A security vulnerability in the Sun Java System Identity Manager:


1. Impact
A security vulnerability in the Sun Java System Identity Manager may
allow a local or remote unprivileged user to gain unauthorized access
with all administrator privileges when Identity Manager is configured
with Sun Java System Access Manager, OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 or IBM
Tivoli Access Manager.

2. Contributing Factors
This issue can occur in the following release for all Identity Manager
supported platforms:
  * Sun Java System Identity Manager 8.1 with patch 141642-06 or
    141642-07 and without patch 141642-08

To determine the version of Sun Identity Manager installed on a
system, log in to the administrator console using a browser and hover
the mouse pointer over the "Help" tab in the upper right portion of
the page. The current version will be displayed similar to the
following:
 Version Sun Identity Manager 8.1 (20091021 Patch 5)

Note:  Only Sun Identity Manager 8.1 with patch 141642-06 or patch
141642-07 is affected by this vulnerability.


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 release for all Identity
Manager supported platforms:
  * Sun Java System Identity Manager 8.1 with patch 141642-08 or
    later

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

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