Oracle Explorer: Access Privileged Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated

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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                               ASB-2017.0123
                  Security Advisory: Oracle Support Tools
                               20 July 2017

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              Oracle Explorer
Operating System:     Solaris
Impact/Access:        Access Privileged Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:           Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:            CVE-2017-3732  
Member content until: Saturday, August 19 2017

OVERVIEW

        Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Oracle Support 
        Tools products:
        
         - Oracle Explorer, versions prior to 8.16. [1]


IMPACT

        The vendor has provided the following information regarding to the 
        vulnerabilities.
        
        "This Critical Patch Update contains 1 new security fix for Oracle 
        Support Tools. This vulnerability is remotely exploitable without 
        authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without 
        requiring user credentials." [1]
        
        "CVE-2017-3732
        
        5.9
        
        AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
        
        The supported version that is affected is 11.1.2.4.0. Difficult to 
        exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network 
        access via HTTPS to compromise Oracle API Gateway. Successful 
        attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to 
        critical data or complete access to all Oracle API Gateway 
        accessible data." [2]


MITIGATION

        Oracle states:
        
        "Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly 
        recommends that customers apply CPU fixes as soon as possible. Until
        you apply the CPU fixes, it may be possible to reduce the risk of 
        successful attack by blocking network protocols required by an 
        attack. For attacks that require certain privileges or access to 
        certain packages, removing the privileges or the ability to access 
        the packages from users that do not need the privileges may help 
        reduce the risk of successful attack. Both approaches may break 
        application functionality, so Oracle strongly recommends that 
        customers test changes on non-production systems. Neither approach 
        should be considered a long-term solution as neither corrects the 
        underlying problem." [1]


REFERENCES

        [1] Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2017
            http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html

        [2] Text Form of Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2017 Risk Matrices
            http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017verbose-3236625.html

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