SQL Injection in Oracle Alter FBA Table (CVE-2012-1751)

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TeamSHATTER Security Advisory

SQL Injection in Oracle Alter FBA Table

February 20, 2013

Risk Level:
High

Affected versions:
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 11.1, 11.2

Remote exploitable:
Yes

Credits:
This vulnerability was discovered and researched by Martin Rakhmanov of
Application Security Inc.

Details:
Renaming a table having flashback archive using specially crafted table name
triggers internal SQL injection. This allows users to execute code with
elevated privileges.

Impact:
An attacker having control over a flashback-enabled table can get SYSDBA
privileges.

Vendor Status:
Vendor was contacted and a patch was released.

Workaround:
Do not grant flashback archive privilege to untrusted users. Limit access to
flashback-enabled tables to trusted users only.

Fix:
Apply Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2012 available at Oracle Support.

CVE:
CVE-2012-1751

Links:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html

https://www.teamshatter.com/?p=4115

Timeline:
Vendor Notification - 1/23/2012
Vendor Response - 1/26/2012
Fix - 16/10/2012
Public Disclosure - 2/20/2013



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Courtesy: securityfocus.com