Oracle Database SYS.KUPW$WORKER SQL injection

oracle-kupwworker-sql-injection (27888) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Oracle Database 10g is vulnerable to SQL injection in the SYS.KUPW$WORKER package (Data Pump Metadata API component). A remote attacker with EXECUTE permissions could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the database using unspecified parameters, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify, or delete information in the back-end database.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 4.2
  Access Vector: Remote
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: Required
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: Partial
  Availability Impact: Partial
 
Temporal Score: 3.5
  Exploitability: Functional
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

Remedy:

Refer to Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2006 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

References:

  • Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Tue Jul 18 2006 - 16:42:57 CDT: Oracle Database - SQL Injection in SYS.KUPW$WORKER [DB03].
  • Oracle Web site: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2006. (DB03)
  • Red-Database-Security Web site: Details Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2006 - V1.02.
  • US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-200A: Oracle Products Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities.
  • BID-19054: Oracle July 2006 Security Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2006-3698: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 have unknown impact and attack vectors, aka Oracle Vuln# (1) DB01 for Change Data Capture (CDC) component and (2) DB03 for Data Pump Metadata API. NOTE: as of 20060719, Oracle has not disputed a claim by a reliable researcher that DB01 is related to multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in SYS.DBMS_CDC_IMPDP using the (a) IMPORT_CHANGE_SET, (b) IMPORT_CHANGE_TABLE, (c) IMPORT_CHANGE_COLUMN, (d) IMPORT_SUBSCRIBER, (e) IMPORT_SUBSCRIBED_TABLE, (f) IMPORT_SUBSCRIBED_COLUMN, (g) VALIDATE_IMPORT, (h) VALIDATE_CHANGE_SET, (i) VALIDATE_CHANGE_TABLE, and (j) VALIDATE_SUBSCRIPTION procedures, and that DB03 is for SQL injection in the MAIN procedure for SYS.KUPW$WORKER.
  • SA21111: Oracle Products Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA21165: HP Oracle for OpenView Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1016529: Oracle Database and Other Products Have Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities With Unspecified Impact
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-2863: Oracle Products Multiple Components SQL Injection and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-2947: HP Oracle for OpenView (OfO) Multiple SQL Injection and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

  • Oracle Database Server 10.1 R1
  • Oracle Database Server 10.1.0.1 R1
  • Oracle Database Server 10.1.0.2 R1
  • Oracle Database Server 10.1.0.3 R1
  • Oracle Database Server 10.1.0.4 R1
  • Oracle Database Server 10.1.0.5 R1

Reported:

Jul 18, 2006

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