Oracle Enterprise Manager 12.1.0.5/13.1/13.2 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle Enterprise Manager 12.1.0.5/13.1/13.2. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2015-7940. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Enterprise Manager 12.1.0.5/13.1/13.2 (Software Management Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 10/22/2015. The weakness was disclosed 01/19/2017 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2017 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-7940 since 10/22/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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 T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 18 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 89298 (Fedora 22 : bouncycastle-1.50-8.fc22 (2015-7d95466eda)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370164 (Oracle VM VirtualBox Multiple Vulnerabilities).

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 (89298), EUVD (EUVD-2018-0502) and SecurityFocus (BID 79091†). The entries VDB-79101, VDB-92314, VDB-92816 and VDB-92812 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 89298
Nessus Name: Fedora 22 : bouncycastle-1.50-8.fc22 (2015-7d95466eda)
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OpenVAS ID: 850584
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for bouncycastle openSUSE-SU-2015:1911-1 (bouncycastle)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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11/09/2015 +18 days 🔍
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03/04/2016 +116 days 🔍
01/19/2017 +321 days 🔍
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09/13/2025 +3159 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2017
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7940 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7940
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95577
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SecurityFocus: 79091 - Bouncy Castle CVE-2015-7940 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2015-7940 - Legion of the Bouncy Castle - Bouncy Castle Java Library - Invalid Curve Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037036

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2017 14:16
Updated: 09/13/2025 04:57
Changes: 01/19/2017 14:16 (67), 07/25/2020 16:13 (16), 11/01/2022 18:30 (4), 09/13/2025 04:57 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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