Onapsis Security Advisory 2011-009: Oracle JD Edwards JDENET SawKernel Remote Password Disclosure

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1. Impact on Business
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By exploiting this vulnerability, a remote unauthenticated attacker might be able to   obtain valid access credentials and access or modify all the business information processed by the ERP system.
This would result in the total compromise of the ERP infrastructure.

-- Risk Level: High


2. Advisory Information
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-- Release Date: 2011-04-27

-- Last Revised: 2011-04-27

-- Security Advisory ID: ONAPSIS-2011-09

-- Onapsis SVS ID: ONAPSIS-00031

-- Researcher: Juan Pablo Perez Etchegoyen


3. Vulnerability Information
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-- Vendor: ORACLE

-- Affected Components:

  * JD Edwards 9.0 EnterpriseOne Server + EnterpriseOne  Tools 8.98
( older versions might be also affected)

-- Vulnerability Class: Information Disclosure

-- Remotely Exploitable: Yes

-- Locally Exploitable: No

-- Authentication Required: No

-- Original Advisory: http://www.onapsis.com/resources/get.php?resid=adv_onapsis-2011-09


4. Affected Components Description
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JDENet is a network communication middleware that performs network communications workstation-to-server and server-to-server. It is used to call remote functions, to authenticate users and transmit information between hosts in a JD Edwards environment.


5. Vulnerability Details
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It is possible for a remote and unauthenticated attacker to retrieve passwords of users that are allowed to login to the SAW Kernel (System Administration Workbench Kernel) in default installations of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne servers.

As SAW users are allowed to, among other things, remotely execute commands on the server, the exploitation of this vulnerability leads to a full compromise of the server.

Further technical details about this issue are not disclosed at this moment with the purpose of providing enough time to affected customers to patch their systems and protect against the exploitation of the
described vulnerability.


6. Solution
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Apply Oracle Critical Patch update April – 2010. More information available on http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2011-301950.html
Onapsis strongly recommends Oracle customers to download the related security fixes and apply them to the affected components in order to reduce business risks.


7. Report Timeline
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  * 2010-09-20: Onapsis provides vulnerability information to Oracle.
  * 2010-09-21: Oracle confirms reception of vulnerability submission.
  * 2010-09-24: Oracle states vulnerability is under investigation.
  * 2010-10-07: Oracle confirms vulnerability.
  * 2011-04-19: Oracle releases fixes in CPU.
  * 2011-04-27: Onapsis releases security advisory.


About Onapsis Research Labs
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About Onapsis
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Onapsis is the leading provider of solutions for the security of ERP and business-critical systems and applications. Through different innovative products and services, Onapsis helps its global customers to effectively increase the security level of their core business platforms, protecting their information and decreasing financial fraud risks.

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Fortune-500 companies and governmental entities.

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