Oracle E-Business Suite Arbitrary Node Deletion Vulnerability
April 17th, 2007
Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to delete any existing Document Management node on vulnerable installations of Oracle E-Business Suite. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists in the APPLSYS.FND_DM_NODES package. The procedure to delete nodes does not check for a valid session thereby allowing an attacker to arbitrarily delete any node registered, including the root node.
Additional Details
Oracle / PeopleSoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpuapr2007.html
Disclosure Timeline
- 2007-01-29 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
- 2007-04-17 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
Joxean Koret
