Check Point Advisories

Oracle Database Trigger MDSYS.SDO_TOPO_DROP_FTBL SQL Injection (CVE-2008-3979)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2009-357
Date Published: 17 Dec 2009
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Wednesday 04 February, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-3979
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Oracle Database Server is an enterprise-level relational database application suite. To extend the functionality of the Oracle Database Server, extra packages of related program objects such as procedures, functions, triggers, variables, constants, cursors, and exceptions, are provided in order to better manage the data. An SQL injection vulnerability exists in Oracle Database Server. The vulnerability exists due to an insufficient validation of arguments supplied to a certain trigger. A remote attacker with valid user credentials may leverage this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary SQL code within the security context of the database system administrator. Exploitation of this vulnerability may result in privilege escalation allowing an attacker with limited privileges to execute statements with the privileges of the database system administrator. The exact behavior of the target system is dependent on the intention of the attacker. It may be possible for an attacker to affect the target host beyond the confines of the database which would allow manipulation of the host system.

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 Database Trigger MDSYS.SDO_TOPO_DROP_FTBL SQL Injection 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:  Oracle Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Oracle Database trigger MDSYS.SDO_TOPO_DROP_FTBL SQL injection

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