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Oracle E-Business Suite access to arbitrary files
Secunia Advisory: SA8570
Release Date: 2003-04-11
Popularity: 5,730 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Oracle Applications 10.x
Oracle Applications 11.x
Oracle E-Business Suite 11i

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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in Oracle E-Business Suite allowing remote users to retrieve any file readable by the "oracle" or "applmgr" accounts.

The problem exists due to a weakness in the protocol used to communicate with Oracle Applications FND File Server. To exploit this weakness users need access to the Concurrent Manager server via TNS Listener (also known as SQL*Net and Net8).

Solution:
Oracle has issued patches:
http://metalink.oracle.com/

Oracle E-Business Suite 11i
Patch 2782945

Oracle Applications 11.0
Patch 2782950

Oracle Applications 10.7
A patch is not available.

If you use ADI Client, you should also install patch 2778660.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Integrigy Corporation

Original Advisory:
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2003alert53.pdf

Other References:
Integrigy have written a guide about how to secure your Oracle Database Listener:
http://www.integrigy.com/info/Integrigy_OracleDB_Listener_Security.pdf


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