Check Point Advisories

Oracle Secure Backup Administration Server uname Var Authentication Bypass (CVE-2010-0904)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2010-246
Date Published: 16 Aug 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 22 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2010-0904
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Oracle Secure Backup is a backup solution allowing for single point of management of data present on network attached storage (NAS) devices and distributed hosts. An authentication bypass vulnerability has been reported in Oracle Secure Backup server. The vulnerability is due to a flaw in the logic used to authenticate a user to the Oracle Secure Backup administration server. The script login.php does not properly sanitize the 'uname' variable before using it in a command line tool. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted 'uname' variable to the affected server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on vulnerable installations of Oracle Secure Backup.

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 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Oracle Secure Backup Administration Server uname Var Authentication Bypass 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 Secure Backup Administration Server uname var authentication bypass

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