Oracle FAQ Your Portal to the Oracle Knowledge Grid
HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US
 

Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: Oracle Security Leaks-Are they fixed yet???

Re: Oracle Security Leaks-Are they fixed yet???

From: hpuxrac <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:15:10 -0700
Message-ID: <1183680910.331274.271410@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com>


On Jul 3, 7:29 pm, Altus <silverb..._at_photobooks.com> wrote:
> Quite a while ago, several Oracle security leaks were discussed. I
> have not gotten word that they have been fixed.
>
> Does anyone have an update on them?
>
> The below text was clipped from the web page and somewhat reformatted.
> Any distortions are my own.
>
> http://www.integrigy.com/security-resources/analysis/Integrigy_Oracle...
>
> The ability to bypass security controls on tables using specially
> crafted views. Database accounts with CREATE VIEW privilege are be
> able to insert, update, or delete data in tables where the database
> account only has SELECT permission.
>
> Oracle mistakenly published on Metalink information on an un-patched
> security vulnerability in the Oracle Database. On April 6, 2006,
> Oracle Support published a Metalink Note:
>
> Note ID 363848.1
> A User with SELECT Object Privilege on Base
> Tables Can Delete Rows from a View
>
> containing detailed information on the bug and a working example.
> Oracle removed the Metalink Note after about 24 hours. On April 11,
> 2006, Alexander Kornbrust of Red Database Security released an
> advisory to a security mailing list on the nature of the
> vulnerability, however, did not provide exploit code or a working
> example. This security advisory received media attention and was
> widely distributed.
> This bug was NOT fixed in the July 2006 CPU. Oracle has not released
> any information as to when this bug will be fixed.
>
> Any database account with CREATE VIEW system privilege and at least
> SELECT access to the base table can create a specially crafted view
> that will allow update, insert, and delete access to the base table.
> Andrew Max has reported that this bug can be exploited without even
> using a view. This issue appears to affect all supported Oracle
> Database versions from 8.1.7.4 to 10.2. We have verified this bug has
> not been fixed on 9.2.0.7 after applying the July 2006 CPU.

With as specific a focus as you have in your question, have you submitted this as a service request to oracle?

Is there a bug id we can check?

Has someone submitted a reproducible test case?

Sorry I should have asked you those questions the first time. Received on Thu Jul 05 2007 - 19:15:10 CDT

Original text of this message

HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US