Advisory Details

April 17th, 2007

Oracle E-Business Suite Arbitrary Node Deletion Vulnerability

ZDI-07-016
ZDI-CAN-136

CVE ID CVE-2007-2170
CVSS SCORE
AFFECTED VENDORS Oracle / PeopleSoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Database Server
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['4919']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to delete any existing Document Management node on vulnerable installations of Oracle E-Business Suite. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists in the APPLSYS.FND_DM_NODES package. The procedure to delete nodes does not check for a valid session thereby allowing an attacker to arbitrarily delete any node registered, including the root node.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Oracle / PeopleSoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpuapr2007.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2007-01-29 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2007-04-17 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Joxean Koret
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