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Update Protection against Oracle Secure Backup Administration Server Command Injection Attack

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2009-229
Date Published:
Severity:
Last Updated:
Source: Secunia ID: SA35776
Industry Reference(s):

CVE-2009-1978
Protection Provided by: Security Gateway
  • R70
IPS-1
  • IPS-1
  • IPS-1 NGX R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Oracle Secure Backup 10.2.0.3 and prior
Vulnerability Description
An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in Oracle Secure Backup server. Oracle Secure Backup is a backup solution allowing for centralized tape backup management. The vulnerability is due to a flaw in the logic used to authenticate a user to the administration server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on vulnerable installations of Oracle Secure Backup by sending a specially crafted user name variable.
Update/Patch Available
The vendor, Oracle, has released an advisory addressing this vulnerability:
Oracle
Vulnerability Details
The script 'common.php' does not properly sanitize the user name variable before using it in a database query. Successful exploitation would allow the attacker to log in to the vulnerable system with full administrative capabilities.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to bypass authentication by embedding meta characters into parameters to the login CGI script.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, 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 Backup Administration Server Command Injection 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 Backup administration server command injection

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 CGI Attacks protection group.
3. Click Oracle Secure Backup authentication bypass attack (IPS-1 NGX R65 only).
4. In the configuration pane, under Settings, check Active.
5. Click on Install Policy.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?

Upon attack, the following entries will be logged:

Alert Name: WWW/CGI Attacks Protection Group
Description: Oracle Secure Backup authentication bypass attack