[NEWS] Oracle Webcache 9i File Appending Vulnerability (cache_dump_file)

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  Oracle Webcache 9i File Appending Vulnerability (cache_dump_file)
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SUMMARY

It is possible to corrupt any file of an Oracle Application Server 
installation via the 'webcacheadmin' interface by pointing it to dump its 
cache to a local file used by the Oracle Application Server.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
 * Oracle Application Server with Webcache 9i

Example:
http://server01:4000/webcacheadmin?SCREEN_ID=CGA.CacheDump&ACTION=Submit 
&index=1&cache_dump_file=/opt/ORACLE/ias/9.0.2/Apache/Apache/conf/httpd.conf

Patch:
Oracle fixed this issue and has informed their customers.

Disclosure Timeline:
23-sep-2003 Oracle was secalert informed
23-sep-2003 Bug confirmed
26-apr-2005 Red-Database-Security published this advisory


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by  
<mailto:[email protected]> Kornbrust, Alexander.
The original article can be found at:  
<http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_webcache_append_file_vulnerabilitiy.html> http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_webcache_append_file_vulnerabilitiy.html



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