Check Point Advisories

Oracle Application Testing Suite UploadServlet filename Directory Traversal (CVE-2016-0490)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0085
Date Published: 9 Feb 2016
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 29 February, 2016
Source: Oracle
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-0490
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Oracle Application Testing Suite 12.4.0.2
Oracle Application Testing Suite 12.5.0.2
Vulnerability Description A directory path traversal vulnerability exists in Oracle's Application Testing Suite. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation while processing the HTTP request header filename. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious request to the vulnerable server. Successful exploitation would lead to arbitrary code execution on a target 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 Application Testing Suite UploadServlet filename Directory Traversal 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 Application Testing Suite UploadServlet filename Directory Traversal

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