(PT-2012-36) Positive Technologies Security Advisory
HTTP Response Splitting in ERP Oracle EBS

Vulnerable software

ERP Oracle EBS
Version: 11.5.10.2 and earlier, 12.0.6 and earlier, 12.1.3 and earlier

Link:
www.oracle.com/ru/products/applications/ebusiness/index.html

Severity level

Severity level: Medium
Impact: Redirection, Cross-Site Scripting
Access Vector: Remote

CVSS v2:
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE: CVE-2013-0380

Software description

Oracle E-Business Suite is an integrated application software complex by Oracle, which includes the ERP, CRM, and PLM functional blocks. It provides automation of main enterprise processes in such areas as finances, production, HR management, logistics, marketing, sales, customer service, relations with distributors and clients, etc.

Vulnerability description

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected an HTTP Response Splitting vulnerability in ERP Oracle EBS..

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to redirect user to arbitrary web site and/or conduct a Cross-Site Scripting attack (XSS) via HTTP Response Splitting.

How to fix

Update your software up to the latest version

Advisory status

06.09.2012 - Vendor gets vulnerability details
15.01.2013 - Vendor releases fixed version and details 
23.08.2013 - Public disclosure

Credits

The vulnerability was detected by Pavel Toporkov, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)

References

http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2012-36

Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research:

http://www.ptsecurity.com/research/advisory/
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/

About Positive Technologies

Positive Technologies www.ptsecurity.com is among the key players in the IT security market in Russia.

The principal activities of the company include the development of integrated tools for information security monitoring (MaxPatrol); providing IT security consulting services and technical support; development of the Securitylab leading Russian information security portal.

Among the clients of Positive Technologies, there are more than 40 state enterprises, more than 50 banks and financial organizations, 20 telecommunication companies, more than 40 plant facilities, as well as IT, service and retail companies from Russia, the CIS countries, the Baltic States, China, Ecuador, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Iran, Israel, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, and the USA.

Positive Technologies is a team of highly skilled developers, advisers and experts with years of vast hands-on experience. The company specialists possess professional titles and certificates; they are the members of various international societies and are actively involved in the IT security field development.