Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Management Center (Sun MC), which could be exploited by remote attackers to bypass security restrictions and compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an error in the Oracle database component that includes a default account, which could allow remote unprivileged users to gain unauthorized access to the database or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of database server (i.e. "smcorau").

Affected Products

Sun Management Center (Sun MC) versions 3.5.x
Sun Management Center (Sun MC) versions 3.6.x

Solution

Sun MC 3.5 Update 1 (for Solaris 8) - Apply patch 118388-11 or later
Sun MC 3.5 Update 1 (for Solaris 9) - Apply patch 118389-12 or later
Sun MC 3.6 (for Solaris 8) - Apply patch 127380-01 or later
Sun MC 3.6 (for Solaris 9) - Apply patch 127381-01 or later
Sun MC 3.6 (for Solaris 10) - Apply patch 127383-01 or later
Sun MC 3.6.1 (for Solaris 8) - Apply patch 123920-04 or later
Sun MC 3.6.1 (for Solaris 9) - Apply patch 123921-04 or later
Sun MC 3.6.1 (for Solaris 10) - Apply patch 123923-04 or later

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4268
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103152-1

Credits

Vulnerability reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2007-12-20 : Initial release

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