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Team SHATTER Security Advisory

Oracle Database SQL Injection in
SYS.DBMS_CDC_IPUBLISH.ALTER_HOTLOG_INTERNAL_CSOURCE

November 12, 2008

Risk Level:
Medium

Affected versions:
Oracle Database Server versions 10gR1, 10gR2 and 11gR1

Remote exploitable:
Yes (Authentication required)

Credits:
This vulnerability was discovered and researched by Esteban Martínez
Fayó of Application Security Inc.

Details:
The PL/SQL package DBMS_CDC_IPUBLISH owned by SYS has an instance of
SQL Injection in the ALTER_HOTLOG_INTERNAL_CSOURCE procedure. A
malicious user can call the vulnerable procedure of this package with
specially crafted parameters and execute SQL statements with the
elevated privileges of the SYS user.

Impact:
Any Oracle database user with EXECUTE privilege on the package
SYS.DBMS_CDC_IPUBLISH can exploit this vulnerability. By default,
users granted EXECUTE_CATALOG_ROLE have the required privilege.
Exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute SQL
commands with SYS privileges.

Vendor Status:
Vendor was contacted and a patch was released.

Workaround:
Restrict access to the SYS.DBMS_CDC_IPUBLISH package.

Fix:
Apply Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2008 available at Oracle
Metalink.

CVE:
CVE-2008-3996

References:
http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/oracle/2008-08.shtml

Timeline:
Vendor Notification - 3/20/2008
Vendor Response - 3/24/2008
Fix - 10/14/2008
Public Disclosure - 11/11/2008

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