Check Point Advisories

Oracle Outside In Paradox Database Stream Filter Denial of Service (CVE-2013-0393)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-086
Date Published: 3 Mar 2013
Severity: High
Last Updated: Thursday 09 January, 2025
Source: CVE-2013-0393
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R75
Who is Vulnerable? Oracle Outside In Technology 8.3.7
Oracle Outside In Technology 8.4
Vulnerability Description A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in Oracle Outside In, a set of libraries used to decode many file formats. The vulnerability is due to an error while processing Paradox databases that contain a malicious entry in a field description array. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by causing an application that uses the vulnerable library to handle a malformed Paradox database.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

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

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Oracle Outside In Paradox Database Stream Filter Denial of Service protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Proxy Server Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Oracle Outside In Paradox Database Stream Filter Denial of Service

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