(PT-2013-48) Positive Technologies Security Advisory
CRLF Injection in Oracle Containers for J2EE
Vulnerable software
Oracle Containers for J2EE
Version: 10.1.3.5 and earlier
Link:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/utilsoft-090603.html
Severity level
Severity level: Medium
Impact: CRLF Injection
Access Vector: Remote
CVSS v2:
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
CVE: CVE-2014-0413
Software description
Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J) is the core J2EE runtime component of Oracle Application Server.
Vulnerability description
The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected a CRLF Injection vulnerability in Oracle Containers for J2EE.
Oracle Containers for J2EE does not properly validate the values from the HTTP headers. An attacker can use a crafted malicious HTTP response and display arbitrary data to the user in the context of the vulnerable application via adding the CRLF characters to the HTTP header value.
How to fix
Update your sofware up to the latest version
Advisory status
16.08.2013 - Vendor gets vulnerability details
15.04.2014 - Vendor releases fixed version and details
25.04.2014 - Public disclosure
Credits
The vulnerability was detected by Mikhail Firstov and Sergey Bobrov, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)
References
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2013-48
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 is a leading provider of vulnerability assessment, compliance management and threat analysis solutions to more than 1,000 global enterprise clients. Our solutions work seamlessly across your entire business: securing applications in development; assessing your network and application vulnerabilities; assuring compliance with regulatory requirements; and blocking real-time attacks. Our commitment to clients and research has earned Positive Technologies a reputation as one of the foremost authorities on SCADA, Banking, Telecom, Web Application and ERP security, and distinction as the #1 fastest growing Security and Vulnerability Management firm in 2012, as shown in an IDC report*. To learn more about Positive Technologies please visit www.ptsecurity.com
*Source: IDC Worldwide Security and Vulnerability Management 2013-2017 Forecast and 2012 Vendor Shares, doc #242465, August 2013. Based on year-over-year revenue growth in 2012 for vendors with revenues of $20M+
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