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For more information visit: http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/ Alternatively request a call from a Secunia representative today to discuss how we can help you with our capabilities contact us at: sales@secunia.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Oracle Database Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA37027 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/37027/ DESCRIPTION: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Oracle Database, which can exploited to disclose sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), manipulate certain data, or compromise a vulnerable system. 1) An error in the Core RDBMS component when running on Windows can be exploited to execute arbitrary code. 2) Two errors in the Network Authentication component can be exploited to execute arbitrary code. 3) An error in the Data Mining component can be exploited by authenticated users to disclose or manipulate certain data. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires execute privileges on SYS.DMP_SYS. 4) An error in the Oracle Spatial component can be exploited by authenticated users to disclose or manipulate certain data. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires execute privileges on MDSYS.PRVT_CMT_CBK. 5) An error in the PL/SQL component can be exploited by authenticated users to disclose or manipulate certain data. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires "Create Procedure" privileges. 6) An error in the Application Express component can be exploited by authenticated users to disclose or manipulate certain data. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires execute privileges on FLOWS_030000.WWV_EXECUTE_IMMEDIATE. 7) An error in the Workspace Manager component can be exploited by authenticated users to disclose or manipulate certain data. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires execute privileges on SYS.LTRIC (WMSYS.LTRIC). 8) An error in the Workspace Manager component can be exploited by authenticated users to disclose or manipulate certain data. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires "Create Session" privileges. 9) An error in the Net Foundation Layer component on Windows can be exploited to disclose or manipulate certain data. 10) Two errors in the Authentication component can be exploited to disclose sensitive information. 11) An error in the Advanced Queuing component can be exploited by authenticated users to disclose or manipulate certain data. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires execute privileges on SYS.DBMS_AQ_INV. 12) An error in the Oracle Text component can be exploited by authenticated users to disclose or manipulate certain data. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires execute privileges on CTXSYS.DRVXTABC. 13) An error in the Data Pump component can be exploited by authenticated users to manipulate certain data. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires "Create Session" privileges. 14) An error in the Auditing component can be exploited by authenticated users to manipulate certain data. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires execute privileges on DBMS_SYS_SQL, DBMS_SQL. The vulnerabilities are reported in the following products and versions: * Oracle Database 11g, version 11.1.0.7 * Oracle Database 10g Release 2, versions 10.2.0.3 and 10.2.0.4 * Oracle Database 10g, version 10.1.0.5 * Oracle Database 9i Release 2, versions 9.2.0.8 and 9.2.0.8DV SOLUTION: Apply patches (please see the vendor's advisory for details). PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: For the vulnerabilities fixed in the October Critical Patch Update, the vendor credits: * Yaniv Azaria of Imperva, Inc. * Cesar Cerrudo of Argeniss * Deniz Cevik of Intellect * Joxean Koret of iSIGHT Partners Global Vulnerability Partnership * Alexander Kornbrust of Red Database Security * David Litchfield of NGS Software * Ryan Permeh of McAfee Avert labs * Guy Pilosof of Sentrigo * Aviv Pode of Sentrigo * Alexandr Polyakov of Digital Security * Pawel Romanek of Asseco Business Solutions * Amichai Shulman of Imperva, Inc. * Rajat Swarup * Laszlo Toth * Luka Treiber of ACROS Security * Wei Wang of McAfee Avert labs * Dennis Yurichev ORIGINAL ADVISORY: Oracle: http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpuoct2009.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. 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