Summary:

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs Protects Against a Vulnerability in Oracle.

Impact:

Remote Command Execution

Risk:

Critical

Affected Software:

For a list of Oracle versions affected, please see the BugTraq reference below.

Additional Information:

It is possible for a low privileged users to grant themselves arbitrary permissions through an overly permissive PL/SQL package.

FortiGuard Labs continues to monitor this vulnerability world wide while developing additional mitigation strategies / solutions based off our findings.

Solutions:

• FortiGuard Labs released the following signature which covers this specific vulnerability
  • "Oracle.Database.JAVA.Packages.Command.Execution" on Feb. 10, 2010

Fortinet customers who subscribe to Fortinet's intrusion prevention (IPS) service should be protected against this vulnerability. Fortinet's IPS service is one component of FortiGuard Subscription Services, which also offer comprehensive solutions such as antivirus, Web content filtering and antispam capabilities. These services enable protection against threats on both application and network layers. FortiGuard Services are continuously updated by FortiGuard Labs, which enables Fortinet to deliver a combination of multi-layered security intelligence and true zero-day protection from new and emerging threats. These updates are delivered to all FortiGate, FortiMail and FortiClient products. Fortinet strictly follows responsible disclosure guidelines to ensure optimum protection during a threat's lifecycle.

References:

• BugTraq ID:38115