VUPEN Security Research - Oracle Products HTTP Request Remote Buffer 
Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2010-2390)

http://www.vupen.com/english/research.php


I. BACKGROUND
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Oracle provides the world's most complete, open, and integrated business
software and hardware systems, with more than 370 000 customers including
100 of the Fortune 100 representing a variety of sizes and industries
in more than 145 countries around the globe.


II. DESCRIPTION
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VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team discovered a critical vulnerability
in various Oracle products.

The vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow error in the EM Console
when processing overly long HTTP requests, which could allow remote
unauthenticated attackers to crash an affected service or execute arbitrary
code via a malicious request.


III. AFFECTED PRODUCTS
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Oracle Database 10g Release 2 version 10.2.0.3 and prior
Oracle Database 10g Release 1 version 10.1.0.5 and prior
Oracle Application Server 10gR2 version 10.1.2.3.0 and prior
Oracle Identity Management 10g version 10.1.4.3 and prior
Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control


IV. Binary Analysis & Exploits/PoCs
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In-depth binary analysis of the vulnerability and a PoC are available
through the VUPEN Binary Analysis & Exploits Service :

http://www.vupen.com/english/services/ba-index.php


V. VUPEN Threat Protection Program
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Governments and Intelligence agencies who are members of the VUPEN Threat
Protection Program (TPP) have been alerted about the vulnerability when it
was discovered by VUPEN, and have received a detailed detection guidance
to proactively protect national and critical infrastructures against
potential attacks exploiting this vulnerability:

http://www.vupen.com/english/services/tpp-index.php


VI. SOLUTION
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Apply Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2010


VII. CREDIT
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This vulnerability was discovered by Nicolas Joly of VUPEN Security


VIII. ABOUT VUPEN Security
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VUPEN is a leading IT security research company providing vulnerability
management and security intelligence solutions which enable enterprises
and institutions to eliminate vulnerabilities before they can be exploited,
ensure security policy compliance and meaningfully measure and manage risks.

Governmental and federal agencies, and global enterprises in the financial
services, insurance, manufacturing and technology industries rely on VUPEN
to improve their security, prioritize resources, cut time and costs, and
stay ahead of the latest threats.

* VUPEN Vulnerability Notification Service (VNS) :
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* VUPEN Binary Analysis & Exploits Service (BAE) :
http://www.vupen.com/english/services/ba-index.php

* VUPEN Threat Protection Program for Govs (TPP) :
http://www.vupen.com/english/services/tpp-index.php

* VUPEN Web Application Security Scanner (WASS) :
http://www.vupen.com/english/services/wass-index.php


IX. REFERENCES
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http://www.vupen.com/english/searchengine.php?keyword=CVE-2010-2390
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2010-175626.html
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2390


X. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
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2009-11-24 - Vendor notified
2009-11-25 - Vendor response
2010-09-25 - Status update received
2010-10-12 - Coordinated public Disclosure