Oracle Grid Engine 6.1/6.2 qrsh memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle Grid Engine 6.1/6.2. Affected is an unknown function of the component qrsh. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-0208. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Grid Engine 6.1/6.2 and classified as very critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component qrsh. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Grid Engine component in Oracle Sun Products Suite 6.1 and 6.2 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to qrsh.

The weakness was released 04/17/2012 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-0208 since 12/14/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/04/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59166 (Debian DSA-2472-1 : gridengine - privilege escalation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175240 (Debian Security Update for Grid Engine (DSA-2472)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at oracle.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (59166), SecurityFocus (BID 53004†), OSVDB (81395†), Secunia (SA48826†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026950†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-5110, VDB-5087, VDB-5112 and VDB-5111. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 59166
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2472-1 : gridengine - privilege escalation
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OpenVAS ID: 71350
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2472-1 (gridengine)
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Patch: oracle.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0208 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0208
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5081

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SecurityFocus: 53004 - RETIRED: Oracle April 2012 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 48826 - Oracle Grid Engine Two Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 81395
SecurityTracker: 1026950 - Oracle Grid Engine Lets Local Users and Remote Authenticated Users Gain Root Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 34916 - [cpuapr2012-366314] Oracle Grid Engine 6.1 and 6.2 Remote Privilege Escalation via RSH Protocol, High

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Created: 04/18/2012 22:00
Updated: 01/04/2025 22:38
Changes: 04/18/2012 22:00 (69), 04/19/2017 10:28 (15), 03/22/2021 18:38 (2), 01/04/2025 22:38 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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