Oracle E-Business Suite Content-Length Memory Exhaustion Denial-Of-Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Oracle E-Business Suite. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the processing of the Content-Length HTTP header. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory exhaustion condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system.
Additional Details
Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Disclosure Timeline
- 2021-06-30 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
- 2021-10-21 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
John Simpson of Trend Micro Security Research
