Vulnerability Note VU#717827

Multiple Oracle 9iAS sample pages contain vulnerabilities

Overview

Oracle Application Server version 9iAS installs with sample pages that demonstrate various functions of the software. Many of these pages can be used by attackers to breach the security of the system.

I. Description

A fresh installation of Oracle Application Server version 9iAS (and possibly other versions) includes sample JSP scripts and other files that may be abused by an attacker. Vulnerable scripts include:

http://servername/demo/email/sendmail.jsp
http://servername/demo/info/info.jsp
http://servername/cgi-bin/printenv
http://servername/fcgi-bin/echo
http://servername/fcgi-bin/echo2
http://servername/xsql/java/xsql/demo/adhocsql/query.xsql

II. Impact

Attackers can send arbitrary emails as from the Oracle server or uncover server environment variables and other data.

III. Solution

The CERT/CC is currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.

Delete all sample pages and scripts before deploying an Oracle server in a production environment.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Notified	Date Updated
Oracle	Vulnerable	26-Feb-2002

References

http://www.nextgenss.com/papers/hpoas.pdf
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/alerts.htm

Credit

Thanks to David Litchfield for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Shawn Van Ittersum.

Other Information

Date Public:	2002-01-10
Date First Published:	2002-02-26
Date Last Updated:	2002-03-12
CERT Advisory:
CVE-ID(s):
NVD-ID(s):
US-CERT Technical Alerts:
Metric:	10.55
Document Revision:	7

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