Multiple Oracle XDB FTP / HTTP Services Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:8375

Info

Multiple Oracle XDB FTP / HTTP Services Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 8375
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0727
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 31 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 26 2009 07:15PM
Credit: Discovery of these vulnerabilities has been credited to David Litchfield([email protected]).
Vulnerable: Oracle Oracle9i Standard Edition 9.2 .0.1
Oracle Oracle9i Personal Edition 9.2 .0.1
Oracle Oracle9i Enterprise Edition 9.2 .0.1
Not Vulnerable: Oracle Oracle9i Standard Edition 9.0 .2.4
Oracle Oracle9i Personal Edition 9.0 .2.4
Oracle Oracle9i Enterprise Edition 9.0 .2.4

Discussion

Multiple Oracle XDB FTP / HTTP Services Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

In a paper titled "Variations in exploit methods between Linux and Windows" presented at Blackhat 2003, David Litchfield has illustrated multiple vulnerabilities in the Oracle 9i XML Database (XDB).

Successful exploits may allow remote attackers to run arbitrary code in the security context of the vulnerable service.

Exploit / POC

Multiple Oracle XDB FTP / HTTP Services Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Core Security Technologies has developed a working commercial exploit for its CORE IMPACT product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

Working exploits are available in the referenced paper by David Litchfield.

The following exploits have been made available for the Metasploit framework:

Solution / Fix

Multiple Oracle XDB FTP / HTTP Services Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Oracle has released patches to address these issues. See the referenced advisory (Oracle Security Alert 58) for details on obtaining and applying patches using the Oracle metalink site tool.

References

Multiple Oracle XDB FTP / HTTP Services Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

References:

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