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Sun ONE Web Server Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA10597
Release Date: 2004-01-12
Popularity: 10,170 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:HP-UX 10.x
HP-UX 11.x

Software:Sun Java System Web Server (Sun ONE/iPlanet) 6.x

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Description:
Sun has reported a vulnerability in Sun ONE Web Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability in caused due to an unspecified boundary error, which can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

Sun reports that successful exploitation crashes the web server.

The vulnerability affects version 6.0 with Service Pack 5 and prior on the HP-UX platform.

Solution:
Apply Service Pack 6.
http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/3f186391.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.

Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57464


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