Oracle Exalogic Infrastructure 1.0/2.0 Base Image memory corruption
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Summary
A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Oracle Exalogic Infrastructure 1.0/2.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Base Image. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-7547. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle Exalogic Infrastructure 1.0/2.0. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Base Image. 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 weakness was published 04/19/2016 by Security Team with Google Security Team as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-7547 since 09/29/2015. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 88756 (Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2016-653)), 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 390049 (Oracle VM Server for x86 Security Update for glibc (OVMSA-2017-0051)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 37730.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (39454), Tenable (88756) and SecurityFocus (BID 83265†). Similar entries are available at VDB-80983, VDB-82623, VDB-82615 and VDB-82630. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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- Vendor: https://www.oracle.com
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 88756
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2016-653)
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OpenVAS ID: 703480
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3480-1 (eglibc - security update)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Snort ID: 37730
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-DNS glibc getaddrinfo A record stack buffer overflow attempt
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Suricata ID: 2022531
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Timeline
09/29/2015 🔍02/15/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2016
Researcher: Security Team
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7547 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7547
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82595
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SecurityFocus: 83265 - GNU glibc 'getaddrinfo()' Function Multiple Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1035020
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 04/21/2016 09:01Updated: 01/27/2025 06:27
Changes: 04/21/2016 09:01 (68), 10/21/2018 10:08 (23), 07/25/2022 14:09 (4), 06/20/2024 11:22 (15), 01/27/2025 06:27 (1)
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