Check Point Advisories

Oracle Application Server BPEL Module Cross Site Scripting (CVE-2008-4014)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2009-358
Date Published: 8 Nov 2009
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 12 November, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-4014
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. BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) is an XML based language used for describing Business process. Oracle's BPEL module is part of Oracle Application Server. The BPEL module used to execute BPEL process is called BPELPM in Oracle product. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Oracle Application Server. The flaw is due to lack of validation of the user supplied data. The flaw may be exploited by malicious users to execute arbitrary HTML and script code on target user's web browser, within the context of a trusted web session. An attack targeting this vulnerability can result in the injection and execution of script code. If code execution is successful, the behaviour of the target will depend on the intention of the attacker. Unsuccessful attack attempts could either be unnoticed by the target user, or cause incorrect rendering of the affected web pages.

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 BPEL Module Cross Site Scripting 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 BPEL module cross site scripting

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