Oracle E-Business Suite Arbitrary Node Deletion Vulnerability

April 17th, 2007
ZDI-07-016 ZDI-CAN-136

CVE ID

CVE-2007-2170

CVSS Score

None None

Affected Vendors

Oracle / PeopleSoft

Affected Products

Database Server

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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