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Update Protection against Oracle Database Secure Enterprise Search Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2009-223
Date Published:
Severity:
Last Updated:
Source: Secunia Advisory: SA35776
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2009-1968
Protection Provided by: Security Gateway
  • R70
VPN-1
  • NGX R65
VSX
  • NGX R65
IPS-1
  • IPS-1
  • IPS-1 NGX R65
Who is Vulnerable?
BEA JRockit 1.x
BEA WebLogic Event Server 2.x
BEA WebLogic Server 10.x
BEA WebLogic Server 7.x
BEA WebLogic Server 8.x
BEA WebLogic Server 9.x
Oracle Application Server 10g
Oracle Complex Event Processing 10.x
Oracle Database 10.x
Oracle Database 11.x
Oracle E-Business Suite 11i
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.x
Oracle Enterprise Manager 10.x
Oracle Enterprise Manager 11.x
Oracle Identity Management 10g
Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Resource Management System 8.x
Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Resource Management System 9.x
Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Tools 8.x
Oracle Secure Backup 10.x
Oracle Secure Enterprise Search 10.x
Oracle Siebel Highly Interactive Client 7.x
Oracle Siebel Highly Interactive Client 8.x
Oracle9i Database Enterprise Edition
Oracle9i Database Standard Edition
Vulnerability Description
Oracle Database Secure Enterprise Search contains a flaw that allows a remote cross site scripting attack. Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES), a standalone product from Oracle, enables a secure, high quality search across all enterprise information assets. This flaw exists because the application does not validate the search_p_groups parameter upon submission to the /search/query/search script. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted URL to execute arbitrary code in a user's browser, leading to a loss of integrity.
Update/Patch Available
The vendor, Adobe, has released an advisory to address this issue:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpujul2009.html 
Vulnerability Details
Input passed via the "search_p_groups" parameter to "/search/query/search" in Oracle Secure Enterprise Search is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser.

Protection Overview
This protection will block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
IPS-1 will detect and block attempts to access the Oracle Secure Enterprise Search page with javascript embedded in the search_p_groups parameter.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway/VPN-1 product to the latest IPS/SmartDefense update. For information on how to update IPS/SmartDefense, go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.

Security Gateway R70

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the IPS tab, click Protections > By Protocol > Application Intelligence > Database Protections > Oracle.
2. In the right pane, double-click the Oracle Secure Enterprise Search search_p_groups Cross-Site Scripting protection.
3. In the Protection Details window, click on Edit. Choose the protection's Action (Override IPS Policy with: Prevent/Detect), and apply Additional Settings.
4. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: Oracle Protection Violation
Attack Information: Oracle Secure Enterprise Search search_p_groups Cross-Site Scripting

VPN-1 NGX R65

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tab, click Application Intelligence > Database Protections > Oracle > Oracle Secure Enterprise Search search_p_groups Cross-Site Scripting.
2. In the configuration pane, under Settings > Mode, check Active.
3. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: Oracle Protection Violation
Attack Information: Oracle Secure Enterprise Search search_p_groups Cross-Site Scripting

VPN-1 VSX NGX R65

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tab, click Application Intelligence > Database Protections > Oracle > Oracle Secure Enterprise Search search_p_groups Cross-Site Scripting.
2. In the configuration pane, under Settings > Mode, check Active.
3. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: Oracle Protection Violation
Attack Information: Oracle Secure Enterprise Search search_p_groups Cross-Site Scripting

IPS-1 & IPS-1 NGX R65

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the IPS-1 Policy Manager, click on the Protection tab.
2. In the Protection tree, click Web Intelligence > WWW 2, and select the XSS Attacks protection group.
3. Click User Defined XSS Alert (IPS-1 NGX R65 only).
4. In the configuration pane, under Settings, check Active.
5. Click on Install Policy.

In addition, add port 7777 to the list of ports that WWW 2 is monitoring:

1. In the IPS-1 Policy Manager, click on the Protection tab.
2. In the Protection tree, click Web Intelligence > WWW 2.
3. Add 7777 to the list 'HTTP Ports'.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Upon attack, the following entries will be logged: 

Alert Name: XSS Attacks
Description: User Defined XSS Alert