File appending vulnerability in Oracle Webcache 9i

[Alexander Kornbrust <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Red-Database-Security GmbH Research Advisory 


Name               Append file vulnerability in Oracle Webcache 9i
Systems Affected   Oracle Webcache
Severity           Medium Risk
Category           Corruption of files
Vendor URL         http://www.oracle.com
Author             Alexander Kornbrust (ak at red-database-security.com)
Date               26 Apr 2005  (V 1.00)
Advisory number    AKSEC2003-012


Description
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File appending vulnerability in Oracle Webcache 9i.



More details available:
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It is possible to append garbage to files of the Oracle Application Server 
installation. This vulnerability
can be combined with CSS.

http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_webcache_append_file_vulnerabilitiy.html




Patch Information
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This issue was fixed silently. Apply the latest patchset for Oracle Application 
Server.



History:
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23 September 2003       Oracle secalert was informed 
23 September 2003       Bug confirmed
26 April 2005           Advisory released




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