Check Point Advisories

Oracle Application Server Reports desname Arbitrary File Overwriting (CVE-2005-2371)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2006-174
Date Published: 1 Nov 2009
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 01 November, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2005-2371
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Oracle Application Server is a multi-platform solution for developing and deploying enterprise applications and web sites. The server ships with several additional components that extend its functionality. One of such component is the Oracle Reports Services. The Reports Services component allows for the execution of Oracle Reports executable (REP or RDF) files. A Reports executable is executed on the server side when requested by a remote client. There exists a file overwriting vulnerability in Oracle Reports Services, a component of Oracle Application Server. The flaw is caused by insufficient checking of the CGI parameter desname in an HTTP request. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can corrupt arbitrary files on the target server. The target system will not show any abnormal behaviour after the crafted HTTP request has been sent to the target. Thereafter, the behaviour will depend on the file overwritten by the attacker. For example, if the file c:boot.ini is overwritten on a Windows system, the target may not boot up normally.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Oracle Application Server Reports desname Arbitrary File Overwriting protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Oracle Application Server reports desname arbitrary file overwriting

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