Oracle Secure Backup's observiced.exe Denial Of Service vulnerability
Oracle Secure Backup's observiced.exe Denial Of Service vulnerability
2009.January.13
Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers a vulnerability
in observiced.exe of Oracle Secure Backup
Summary:
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A Denial Of Service vulnerability exists Oracle Secure Backup 10.2.0.2
observiced.exe through malformed packet.
Impact:
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Remote Denial Of Service
Risk:
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Medium (Base Score:5.0)
Affected Software:
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Oracle Secure Backup 10.2.0.2
Additional Information:
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Oracle Secure Backup listens, and receives Oracle's private Protocol data in a
default configuration, on TCP port 400
By sending some malformed data to this port will lead Denial Of Service.
Solutions:
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Use the solution provided by Oracle
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpujan2009.html
Fortinet customers who subscribe to Fortinet’s intrusion prevention (IPS)
service should be protected against this Remote Denial Of Service
vulnerability. Fortinet’s IPS service is one component of FortiGuard
Subscription Services, which also offer comprehensive solutions such as
antivirus, Web content filtering and antispam capabilities. These services
enable protection against threats on both application and network layers.
FortiGuard Services are continuously updated by the FortiGuard Global Security
Research Team, which enables Fortinet to deliver a combination of multi-layered
security intelligence and true zero-day protection from new and emerging
threats. These updates are delivered to all FortiGate, FortiMail and
FortiClient products. Fortinet strictly follows responsible disclosure
guidelines to ensure optimum protection during a threat's lifecycle.
Acknowledgement:
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Zhenhualiu and XiaopengZhang of Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research
Team
References:
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http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-02.html
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpujan2009.html
CVE ID: CVE-2008-5445
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-5445
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