Check Point Advisories

Oracle Fusion Middleware Outside In Excel File Parsing Integer Overflow

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-422
Date Published: 14 Oct 2012
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 04 December, 2012
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description An integer overflow vulnerability ha been reported in Oracle Outside In. The vulnerability is due to improper parsing of Excel files. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted Excel file. Successful exploitation can result in arbitrary code execution.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of specially crafted Excel files.

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 Fusion Middleware Outside In Excel File Parsing Integer Overflow 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 Fusion Middleware Outside in Excel file parsing integer overflow

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