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Cyber Risk Series | Cloud Security Edition | February 28 | Register Now

Oracle security alert.

April 14, 2010

Advisory overview

Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Enterprise TruRisk Platform to protect organizations against 11 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 4 bulletins announced today by Oracle. Customers can immediately audit their networks for these and other new vulnerabilities by accessing their Qualys subscription. Visit Qualys Security Blog to prioritize remediation.

Non-Qualys customers can audit their network for these and other vulnerabilities by signing up for a Qualys Free Trial, or by trying Qualys Community Edition.

Vulnerability details

Oracle has released 4 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:

  • Solaris Trusted Extensions Component Security Vulnerability (1020726.1)

    Severity
    Serious 3
    Qualys ID
    117822
    Vendor Reference
    Oracle ID 1020726.1
    CVE Reference
    CVE-2010-0882
    CVSS Scores
    Base 7.2 / Temporal 5.6
    Description
    This vulnerability corresponds to the Sun Product Suite security fixes included in the Oracle Critical Patch Update for April 2010.

    The Trusted Extensions component of the Solaris and OpenSolaris products are affected.

    Consequence
    Successful exploitation allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Trusted Extensions.
    Solution
    Refer to Oracle ID 1020726.1 to address this issue and obtain patch information.

  • Oracle April 2010 Security Update Multiple Vulnerabilities

    Severity
    Urgent 5
    Qualys ID
    19548
    Vendor Reference
    CPUAPR2010
    CVE Reference
    CVE-2010-0851, CVE-2010-0852, CVE-2010-0853, CVE-2010-0854, CVE-2010-0860, CVE-2010-0866, CVE-2010-0867, CVE-2010-0870
    CVSS Scores
    Base 7.5 / Temporal 5.9
    Description
    Oracle released a Critical Patch Update advisory for April 2010 that addresses 7 security vulnerabilities.

    The following Oracle database components are affected:
    - Oracle Internet Directory
    - Core RDBMS
    - JavaVM
    - XML DB
    - Change Data Capture
    - Audit

    Consequence
    Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.

    None of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, that is none may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.

    Solution
    Oracle recommends that customers upgrade to the latest supported version of Oracle products in order to obtain the patches. Read Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - APRIL 2010 for further information about the products affected and issues addressed.

    Patches:
    The following are links for downloading patches to fix these vulnerabilities:
    CPUAPR2010 Oracle

  • Solaris Kernel Component Security Vulnerabillity (1019619.1)

    Severity
    Serious 3
    Qualys ID
    117819
    Vendor Reference
    Oracle ID 1019619.1
    CVE Reference
    CVE-2010-0890
    CVSS Scores
    Base 2.1 / Temporal 1.6
    Description
    This vulnerability corresponds to the Sun Product Suite security fixes included in the Oracle Critical Patch Update for April 2010.

    The kernel component of the Solaris and OpenSolaris products are affected.

    Consequence
    This vulnerability can also be used to cause a limited denial of service in the form of interruptions in resource availability.
    Solution
    Refer to Oracle ID 1019619.1 to address this issue and obtain patch information.

  • Solaris "/dev/ucode" Component Security Vulnerability (1021799.1)

    Severity
    Serious 3
    Qualys ID
    117820
    Vendor Reference
    Oracle ID 1021799.1
    CVE Reference
    CVE-2010-0453
    CVSS Scores
    Base 4.9 / Temporal 3.8
    Description
    This vulnerability corresponds to the Sun Product Suite security fixes included in the Oracle Critical Patch Update for April 2010.

    The /dev/ucode component of the Solaris and OpenSolaris products are affected.

    Consequence
    Successful exploitation allows local users to cause a denial of service via a request with a 0 size value to the UCODE_GET_VERSION IOCTL, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the ucode_get_rev function, related to retrieval of the microcode revision.
    Solution
    Refer to Oracle ID 1021799.1 to address this issue and obtain patch information.

These new vulnerability checks are included in Qualys vulnerability signature 1.26.41-2. Each Qualys account is automatically updated with the latest vulnerability signatures as they become available. To view the vulnerability signature version in your account, from the Qualys Help menu, select the About tab.

Selective Scan Instructions Using Qualys

To perform a selective vulnerability scan, configure a scan profile to use the following options:

  1. Ensure access to TCP ports 135 and 139 are available.
  2. Enable Windows Authentication (specify Authentication Records).
  3. Enable the following Qualys IDs:
    • 117822
    • 19548
    • 117819
    • 117820
  4. If you would like the scan to return the Windows Hostname, also include QID 82044 and ensure access to UDP port 137 is available.
  5. If you would like to be notified if Qualys is unable to log on to a host (if Authentication fails), also include QID 105015.

In addition, prior to running a scan for these new vulnerabilities, you can estimate your exposure to these new threats by running the Risk Analysis Report, available from the Qualys Vulnerability Management Reports tab.

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About Qualys

The Enterprise TruRisk Platform and its integrated suite of security and compliance applications provides organizations of all sizes with a global view of their security and compliance solutions, while drastically reducing their total cost of ownership. Qualys solutions include: continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, policy compliance, PCI compliance, security assessment questionnaire, web application scanning, web application firewall, malware detection and SECURE Seal for security testing of web sites.