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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:06:46 +0100
From: "Alexander Kornbrust" <ak@...-database-security.com>
To: <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Which is more secure? Oracle vs. Microsoft

Hi David,

I agree with your posting that the overall security of Microsoft SQL Server
comparing to an Oracle database is (much) higher. I also agree that
Microsoft SDL is a real benefit for SQL Server. 

Last year Cesar Cerrudo gave already a presentation about the topic: MSSQL
vs. Oracle
(http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-05/bh-us-05-cerrudo.pdf)

But you are comparing apples and oranges. Oracle is a much more complex
product and has a lot more features than SQL Server. It's a little bit like
comparing an Airbus with a Cesna. Both are airplanes...

Oracle 10g Rel. 2 for example has 17,261 PL/SQL- functions and procedures
(select count(*) from all_procedures, default installation with samples). 

Here are some smaller corrections concerning your paper comparision.pdf: 

The following bugs are Oracle application server bugs (Oracle Portal 9.0.2)
and 
not RDBMS bugs. Oracle looks a little bit better now (- 6 security bugs)...

	wwv_form.genpopuplist SQL Inj., Alert 61, CVE-2003-1193 	 
	wwv_ui_lovf.show SQL Inj., Alert 61, CVE-2003-1193 	 
	ORG_CHART.SHOW SQL Inj., Alert 61, CVE-2003-1193 	 
	wwa_app_module.link SQL Inj., Alert 61, CVE-2003-1193 	 
	wwv_dynxml_generator.show, Alert 61,CVE-2003-1193 	 

The SOAP bug (Alert 65) is not a RDBMS bug
    (see
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/pdf/2004alert65.pdf)

Regards

 Alexander Kornbrust

 --
 Red-Database-Security GmbH
 http://www.red-database-security.com

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> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:29:48 -0000
> From: "David Litchfield" <davidl@...software.com>
> Subject: [Full-disclosure] Which is more secure? Oracle vs. Microsoft
> To: <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
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> Hey all,
> What started out as a fun project for me turned out some 
> serious results - "Which is more secure? Oracle vs Microsoft" 
> is a paper I put together looking at the number of security 
> flaws in the Oracle and MS database offerings. For those that 
> are interested, you can grab a copy of the results
> here: http://www.databasesecurity. com/dbsec/comparison.pdf
> Cheers,
> David 
> 
> 
> 
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