Oracle 10g DBMS_SCHEDULER SESSION_USER issue
Red-Database-Security GmbH Oracle Security Advisory
Name Oracle 10g DBMS_SCHEDULER SESSION_USER issue
Systems Affected Oracle Database 10g
Severity Medium Risk
Category Switch SESSION_USER to SYS
Vendor URL http://www.oracle.com
Author Alexander Kornbrust (ak at red-database-security.com)
Date 03 May 2005 (V 1.00)
Description
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Every user with CREATE JOB privilege can switch the SESSION_USER to SYS by
executing a database job via dbms_scheduler. This could cause problems with VPD
(virtual private database) or OLS (Oracle label security) and could allow
privilege escalation.
This issue is not related to the Oracle Critical Patch Update 2005.
More details including testcase available:
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http://www.red-database-security.com/exploits/oracle_exploit_dbms_scheduler_select_user.html
Patch Information
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This information has been public for months but Oracle never released a
security alert for this issue. Applying patchset 10.1.0.4 is fixing this issue.
History:
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07 October 2004 Published at the Oracle Enterprise Server Forum in Metalink
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