TeamSHATTER Security Advisory: SQL Injection Vulnerability in Oracle DROP INDEX for spatial datatypes

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TeamSHATTER Security Advisory

October 20, 2011

Risk Level:
High

Affected versions:
Oracle Database Server version 10gR1, 10gR2, 11gR1 and 11gR2

Remote exploitable:
No

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

Details:
Oracle Database supports spatial datatypes. A SQL Injection vulnerability exists in the handling of spatial indexes. Users with create table and create procedure privileges can elevate their privileges to SYSDBA (CVE-2011-3512).

Impact:
Privilege escalation to SYSDBA.

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

Workaround:
There is no workaround for this vulnerability.

Fix:
Apply Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2011 available at Oracle Support

CVE:
CVE-2011-3512

Links:
http://www.teamshatter.com/topics/general/team-shatter-exclusive/sql-injection-vulnerability-in-oracle-drop-index-for-spatial-datatypes/
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2011-330135.html

Timeline:
Vendor Notification - 04/21/2011
Vendor Response - 04/26/2011
Fix - 10/18/2011
Public Disclosure - 10/20/2011

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