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TITLE:
Oracle Database Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46502

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-10-22

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DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Oracle Database, which
can be exploited by malicious users to disclose potentially sensitive
information, manipulate certain data, bypass certain security
restrictions, conduct SQL injection attacks, cause a DoS (Denial of
Service), and compromise a vulnerable system.

1) An unspecified error in the Application Express component can be
exploited by authenticated users.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of
arbitrary code, but requires APEX developer user privileges.

2) Certain input passed via spatial indexes to the Core RDBMS is not
properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be
exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires Create
session, create procedure, and create table privileges.

3) An error within the TABLEFUNC_ASOWN function in the Oracle Text
component can be exploited by authenticated users to cause a buffer
overflow via overly long string parameters.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires Execute on
CTXSYS.DRVDISP privileges.

4) An error within the OCIPasswordChange API in the Database Vault
component can be exploited to change a user's password.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires DV_ACCTMGR
privileges.

5) An error within the OCIPasswordChange API in the Database Vault
component can be exploited to change a user's password.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires SYSDBA
privileges.

The vulnerabilities are reported in the following products:
* Oracle Database 11g Release 2 version 11.2.0.2.
* Oracle Database 11g Release 1 version 11.1.0.7.
* Oracle Database 10g Release 2 versions 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, and
10.2.0.5.
* Oracle Database 10g Release 1 version 10.1.0.5.

SOLUTION:
Apply updates (please see the vendor's advisory for details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
2) Martin Rakhmanov, Application Security Inc.
3, 4, 5) Esteban Martinez Fayo, Application Security Inc.

It is currently unclear who reported the remaining vulnerability as
the Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2011 only provides a
bundled list of credits. This section will be updated when/if the
original reporter provides more information.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Oracle:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2011-330135.html

Application Security:
http://www.teamshatter.com/topics/general/team-shatter-exclusive/sql-injection-vulnerability-in-oracle-drop-index-for-spatial-datatypes/
http://www.teamshatter.com/topics/general/team-shatter-exclusive/database-vault-account-management-vulnerabilites/
http://www.teamshatter.com/topics/general/team-shatter-exclusive/buffer-overflow-in-oracle-database-ctxsys-drvdisp-tablefunc_asown-function/

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