Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.54/8.55 Portal certificate host validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.54/8.55. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Portal. Performing a manipulation results in certificate host validation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2014-3596. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.54/8.55 (Enterprise Resource Planning Software). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Portal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate host validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-297. The product communicates with a host that provides a certificate, but the product does not properly ensure that the certificate is actually associated with that host. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity.

The bug was discovered 08/20/2014. The weakness was disclosed 04/19/2017 by David Jorm with Red Hat as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2017 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-3596 since 05/14/2014. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1587.003 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78355 (Amazon Linux AMI : axis (ALAS-2014-412)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 172421 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for axis (SUSE-SU-2019:1382-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (78355), SecurityFocus (BID 69295†) and Secunia (SA61222†). The entries VDB-62831, VDB-70749, VDB-100050 and VDB-100042 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Certificate host validation
CWE: CWE-297 / CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Nessus ID: 78355
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : axis (ALAS-2014-412)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2014-412
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Recommended: Upgrade
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08/20/2014 +98 days 🔍
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10/12/2014 +47 days 🔍
04/19/2017 +920 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2017
Researcher: David Jorm
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-3596 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-3596
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100017

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X-Force: 95377
SecurityFocus: 69295 - Apache Axis Incomplete Fix CVE-2014-3596 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 61222
OSVDB: - CVE-2014-3596 - Apache - Axis - Man-in-the-Middle Issue
SecurityTracker: 1030745

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/19/2017 19:11
Updated: 12/19/2020 08:39
Changes: 04/19/2017 19:11 (68), 09/16/2020 09:09 (18), 12/19/2020 08:39 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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