Oracle E-Business Suite  up to 12.2.7 Oracle General Ledger access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle E-Business Suite  up to 12.2.7. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Oracle General Ledger. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-2656. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Oracle E-Business Suite  up to 12.2.7 (Supply Chain Management Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Oracle General Ledger. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity.

The bug was discovered 01/16/2018. The weakness was shared 01/18/2018 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2018 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-2656 since 12/15/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106105 (Oracle E-Business Multiple Vulnerabilities (January 2018 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38720 (Oracle E-Business Suite Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUJAN2018)).

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 (106105) and SecurityFocus (BID 102639†). The entries VDB-68431, VDB-89667, VDB-92931 and VDB-95678 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 106105
Nessus Name: Oracle E-Business Multiple Vulnerabilities (January 2018 CPU)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2018
Researcher: Juan Pablo Perez Etchegoyen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-2656 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-2656
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-111964
SecurityFocus: 102639 - Oracle E-Business Suite CVE-2018-2656 Remote Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040201

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/18/2018 09:43
Updated: 01/30/2021 11:23
Changes: 01/18/2018 09:43 (82), 12/25/2019 17:14 (3), 01/30/2021 11:19 (3), 01/30/2021 11:23 (1)
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