Solaris Common Criteria Certification

 





Solaris 10 11/06 with Trusted Extensions - Extends Solaris OS security

A Common Criteria Certificate was awarded to Sun Microsystems on June 11, 2008 by the Canadian Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification Scheme.

Solaris 10 11/06 with Trusted Extensions is an extension to the proven Solaris 10 security model. It utilizes User and Process Rights Management, Solaris Containers, file systems, and networking and doesn't require a new or separate kernel. Best of all, it doesn't require ISVs to requalify their applications to run them with sensitivity labels. Because it's an extension to the Solaris 10 OS's security policy, Solaris 10 11/06 with Trusted Extensions technology is flexible and quick to deploy: You can add new applications, new users, and more, very quickly, without extensive analysis of each application — and without the need to write complex, error-prone security policies that require a system reboot.

Security Features in the Evaluated Configuration include:

  • MAC and DAC - including ACLs;
  • Least privilege with fine-grained privileges for all policies;
  • Trusted networking and trusted NFS;
  • Identification and authentication - including password generation;
  • Roles for separating user and administration capabilities;
  • Rights profiles for grouping commands, applications, and authorizations and assigning to users or roles;
  • Centralized administration with easy-to-use graphical tools;
  • Auditing which records the actions of users and roles as well as non-attributable events;
  • Sun's Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and Sun Java Desktop System Multilevel windowing environment with trusted path for invoking trusted commands and applications.

Solaris 10 11/06 with Trusted Extensions has  being been certified on:

  • Workstations and servers using an UltraSPARC III, UltraSPARC IIIi, UltraSPARC II, UltraSPARC IIe, UltraSPARC IIi, or UltraSPARC T1 processor in single or multiple configuration.
  • The Netra 1280 and Sun Fire mid-frame and high-end family offering Dynamic Reconfiguration and Multiple Domaining using an UltraSPARC III, UltraSPARC III Cu (copper based) or UltraSPARC IV processor.
  • AMD based processor systems: AMD Opteron 800, 1200, and 8000 series; AMD-64 100, 200, and 2000 series; AMD dual-core 1200 and 2000 series; AMD Opteron 285; and, Intel Xeon.

The Solaris 10 11/06 with Trusted Extensions Certified software consists of the Operating Environment and a subset of patches which have been reviewed to ensure that their application introduces no new security vulnerabilities.

To order Solaris 10 11/06 Trusted Extensions software, request the following media kit:

  • Solaris 10 11/06 DVD Media Kit
    Part Number: SOLZ9-10FC9A7M

Solaris 10 11/06 Operating Environment

A Common Criteria Certificate was awarded to Sun Microsystems on November 6, 2007 by the Canadian Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification Scheme.

The Solaris 10 11/06 operating system is conformant with the Controlled Access Protection Profile (CAPP), Version 1.d, October 8, 1999 and with the Role Based Access Control Protection Profile (RBACPP), Version 1.0, July 30, 1998 and is certified for use on SPARC and AMD/Intel based platforms.

Solaris 10 11/06 Security Features in the Evaluated Configuration include:

  • Discretionary Access Control (DAC) - including ACLs;
  • Least privilege with fine-grained privileges for all policies;
  • Flexible Enterprise Identification and Authentication - including PAM and kerberos;
  • Roles for separating user and administration capabilities;
  • Centralized administration with easy-to-use graphical tools;
  • Auditing which records the actions of users and roles as well as non-attributable events;
  • Trusted Windowing Environment - Users can chose between Sun's Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and Sun Java Desktop System (JDS) Operating Environment.

The Solaris 10 11/06 Certified software consists of the Solaris 10 11/06 Operating Environment and a subset of Solaris 10 patches which have been reviewed to ensure that their application introduces no new security vulnerabilities.

To order Solaris 10 11/06 software, request the following media kit:

  • Solaris 10 11/06 DVD Media Kit
    Part Number: SOLZ9-10FC9A7M



Trusted Solaris 8 4/01 Operating Environment

Trusted Solaris 8 4/01 is a highly configurable, multilevel trusted operating environment based on Sun's Solaris 8 4/01 operating environment. It meets and exceeds the specific security requirements of the Labeled Security, Role-based Access Control, and Controlled Access protection profiles of the Common Criteria.

Features include:

  • MAC and DAC - including ACLs;
  • Least privilege with fine-grained privileges for all policies;
  • Trusted networking and trusted NFS;
  • Identification and authentication - including password generation;
  • Roles for separating user and administration capabilities;
  • Rights profiles for grouping commands, applications, and authorisations and assigning to users or roles;
  • Multilevel windowing environment with trusted path for invoking trusted commands and applications;
  • Centralized administration with easy-to-use graphical tools;
  • Auditing which records the actions of users and roles as well as non-attributable events.

The TOE was certified to EAL4 in June 2002. The ALC_FLR.3 augmentation was certified in March 2004. Assurance has now been maintained using the Common Criteria Assurance Continuity process to fully cover version 8 2/04; see the Maintenance Report and updated Security Target for details.

You can find further information on certification of the Trusted Solaris 8 4/01 Operating Environment on the UK Information Technology Security Evaluation and Certification Scheme Web site.

To order Trusted Solaris 8 4/01 software, please visit the product website.


Supported Hardware

Solaris 10 11/06 Operating Environment has been certified on:

  • Workstations and servers using an UltraSPARC III, UltraSPARC IIIi, UltraSPARC II, UltraSPARC IIe, UltraSPARC IIi, or UltraSPARC T1 processor in single or multiple configuration.
  • The Netra 1280 and Sun Fire mid-frame and high-end family offering Dynamic Reconfiguration and Multiple Domaining using an UltraSPARC III, UltraSPARC III Cu (copper based) or UltraSPARC IV processor.
  • AMD based processor systems: AMD Opteron 800, 1200, and 8000 series; AMD-64 100, 200, and 2000 series; AMD dual-core 1200 and 2000 series; AMD Opteron 285; and, Intel Xeon.

Solaris 10 03/05 Operating Environment has been certified on:

  • Workstations and servers using an UltraSPARC III, UltraSPARC IIIi or UltraSPARC IIi processor in single or multiple configuration.
  • The Netra 1280 and Sun Fire mid-frame and high-end family offering Dynamic Reconfiguration and Multiple Domaining using an UltraSPARC III, UltraSPARC III Cu (copper based) or UltraSPARC IV processor.
  • AMD based processor systems: AMD Opteron 200 and 800, AMD-64 100 (W1100z) and AMD-64 200 (W2100z).

Solaris 9 8/03 Operating Environment has been certified on:

  • UltraSPARC 5, 10, 30, 60, 80, 450
  • Sun Blade 100, 150, 1000, 2000
  • E220R, E250, E420R, E450, E3500, E4500, E5500, E6500, E10000
  • Sun Fire B100s, V100, V120, V210, V240, V250, V280R, V480, V880, V880z, V1280, 3800, 4800, 4810, 6800, 12000, 15000
  • Netra 20, 120, CT410, CT810, 1280

Trusted Solaris 8 4/01 Operating Environment has been certified on:

  • Sun Blade 1500, 2000, 2500
  • ServerBlade 1
  • Sun Fire V60, V210, V240, V250, V440, V1280, V480, V490, V880, V890, 3800, 4800, 4810, 6800, 15K, 20K, 25K
  • Sun Fire E2900, E4900, E6900 Server
  • AMD Athlon, Opteron
  • Intel P4, Xeon MP
  • Sony Vaio Laptop
  • Panasonic Tough 50 Laptop
  • Dell PowerEdge 2650

Certification Irrelevant Patches

A certification irrelevant patch is one which does not affect the Common Criteria (CC) certification.

A customer can request that a specific patch be reviewed by Sun's Certification Team (click on the "contact us" link under More Information or contact your Sales representative). The determination of the "irrelevant" status of a patch is a Sun-internal process and does not involve the Certification Body.

If a patch is found to be certification irrelevant, the patch ID, revision number, and description will be added to the list of approved Certification Irrelevant Patches, which is shown below. The patch can then be applied directly from the SunSolve patch database, and it will not compromise the CC certification of the system.

The certification irrelevant patches are not included in the Assurance Continuity (Solaris 9 and newer) or the Certificate Maintenance Scheme (Solaris 8) patch sets, and must be downloaded from the SunSolve database.

Later revisions of the certification irrelevant patch must be reviewed before it can be applied to a secure system.

Solaris 10 11/06 Certification Irrelevant Patch List
  • 122530-06: SunOS 5.10_x86: nge patch
Solaris 10 3/05 Certification Irrelevant Patch List
  • 122530-06: SunOS 5.10_x86: nge patch
Solaris 9 08/03 Certification Irrelevant Patch List
  • 115651-02: SunOS 5.9: usr/lib/acct/runacct Patch
Solaris 8 02/02 Certification Irrelevant Patch List
  • 108434-18: SunOS 5.8: 32-bit shared library patch for C++
  • 108435-18: SunOS 5.8: 64-bit shared library patch for C++
  • 109147-07: SunOS 5.8: Linker patch
  • 109320-19: SunOS 5.8: LP Patch
  • 114537-26: SunOS 5.8: Sun XVR-100 Graphics Accelerator Patch
  • 115274-05: /usr/sbin/raidctl patch
  • 115275-07: mpt driver patch