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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

               ESB-2005.0043 -- Sun Alert Notification 57717
         SMC Default Configuration GUI Creates User Accounts With
                 Blank Password Instead of Locked Account
                              17 January 2005

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           Solaris Management Console (SMC)
Publisher:         Sun Microsystems
Operating System:  Solaris
Impact:            Reduced Security
Access:            Existing Account

Original Bulletin:
  http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-57717-1

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   Sun(sm) Alert Notification 
     * Sun Alert ID: 57717
     * Synopsis: SMC Default Configuration GUI Creates User Accounts With
       Blank Password Instead of Locked Account
     * Category: Security
     * Product: Solaris, Solaris Management Console (SMC)
     * BugIDs: 4997883
     * Avoidance: Patch, Workaround
     * State: Resolved
     * Date Released: 10-Jan-2005
     * Date Closed: 10-Jan-2005
     * Date Modified:

   1. Impact User accounts created with the Solaris Management Console
   (SMC) GUI which are configured for password aging (the shadow(4)
   fields <min> and <max> fields will be set) may allow login without
   specifying a password.

   2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following
   releases:

   SPARC Platform

     * Solaris 8 without patches [2]113749-02 and [3]109134-31
     * Solaris 9 without patches [4]114503-08 and [5]112945-29

   x86 Platform

     * Solaris 8 without patches [6]113750-02 and [7]109135-31
     * Solaris 9 without patches [8]114504-08 and [9]114193-20

   Note: Solaris 7 is not affected by this issue.

   3. Symptoms This issue can occur when a user account is created with
   SMC (default configuration) with aging fields set and no password
   supplied. The user account (when being created) is not prompted for a
   password.

   Solution Summary [10]Top

   4. Relief/Workaround To work around the described issue, always supply
   a password while creating user accounts with SMC (locked by default).

   5. Resolution This issue is resolved in the following releases:

   SPARC Platform

     * Solaris 8 with patches [11]113749-02 or later and [12]109134-31 or
       later
     * Solaris 9 with patches [13]114503-08 or later and [14]112945-29 or
       later

   x86 Platform

     * Solaris 8 with patches [15]113750-02 or later and [16]109135-31 or
       later
     * Solaris 9 with patches [17]114504-08 or later and [18]114193-20 or
       later

   Note: Both patches listed for each version of Solaris must be
   installed to resolve this issue.

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References

   1. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-57717-1#top
   2. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-113749-02-1
   3. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109134-31-1
   4. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114503-08-1
   5. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-112945-29-1
   6. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-113750-02-1
   7. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109135-31-1
   8. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114504-08-1
   9. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114193-20-1
  10. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-57717-1#top
  11. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-113749-02-1
  12. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109134-31-1
  13. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114503-08-1
  14. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-112945-29-1
  15. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-113750-02-1
  16. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109135-31-1
  17. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114504-08-1
  18. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114193-20-1

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