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Vulnerability Note VU#925261

Oracle Reports arbitrary file reading vulnerability

Overview

Oracle Reports fails to validate URI parameters, possibly allowing a remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the Reports Server.

I. Description

Oracle Reports is an enterprise reporting tool that extracts data from multiple sources and inserts it into a formatted report. It is a component of Oracle Application Server and the Oracle Developer Suite. Oracle Reports are accessible over a network via a URI. Improper validation on the desformat URI parameter may allow a remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the Oracle Reports Server.

Based on research into public information, we believe that this issue is Oracle vuln# REP05 in the Oracle CPU for January 2006. However, there is not sufficient information to authoritatively relate Oracle vulnerability information to information provided by other parties.

II. Impact

A remote attacker may be able to read files on the server by sending a specially crafted URI to Oracle Reports.

III. Solution

Apply patches

This issue is corrected in the Oracle Critical Patch Update for January 2006.

Restrict Access to Reports Server

Allowing only trusted users access to Oracle Reports may reduce the chances of exploitation.

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate Updated
Oracle CorporationVulnerable19-Jan-2006

References

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-018A.html
http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_reports_read_any_file.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16092/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014525
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014527

Credit

This document is based on information provided by Alexander Kornbrust.

This document was written by Jeff Gennari.

Other Information

Date Public07/19/2005
Date First Published01/19/2006 01:08:59 PM
Date Last Updated01/20/2006
CERT Advisory 
CVE NameCVE-2005-2378
US-CERT Technical Alerts 
Metric4.25
Document Revision17

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