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Oracle TimesTen evtdump Remote Format String Vulnerability

ZDI-09-004: January 14th, 2009

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Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Oracle TimesTen. User interaction is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists in the evtdump CGI module, which is used to write to an internal log file. The parameter 'msg' does not properly sanitize format string tokens and can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Vendor Response

Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:

Disclosure Timeline

    2008-04-07 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
    2009-01-14 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by:
    Joxean Koret