Oracle forms up to 10g TNS Listener userid denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle forms up to 10g and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component TNS Listener. The manipulation of the argument userid results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-3207. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Oracle forms up to 10g. Affected is an unknown code of the component TNS Listener. The manipulation of the argument userid with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

The forms servlet (f90servlet) in Oracle Forms 4.5.10.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TNS listener stop) via a userid parameter that contains a STOP command.

The bug was discovered 10/07/2005. The weakness was disclosed 10/14/2005 by Alexander Kornbrust with Red-Database-Security (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-3207 since 10/14/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56050 (Oracle Database Multiple Vulnerabilities (October 2005 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Databases and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22543), Exploit-DB (26336), Tenable (56050), SecurityFocus (BID 15039†) and OSVDB (20063†). The entries VDB-1363, VDB-1618, VDB-26561 and VDB-26560 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Denial of service
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Nessus ID: 56050
Nessus Name: Oracle Database Multiple Vulnerabilities (October 2005 CPU)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Researcher: Alexander Kornbrust
Organization: Red-Database-Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-3207 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3207
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26562
X-Force: 22543
SecurityFocus: 15039 - Oracle Forms Servlet TLS Listener Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 15991 - Oracle Products Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 20063 - CVE-2005-3207 - Oracle - Forms - Denial of Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 9539 - Oracle Forms 4.5.10.22 DoS via userid Parameter to f90servlet, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 01/24/2025 11:47
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (75), 06/11/2019 06:45 (5), 01/24/2025 11:47 (27)
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