Oracle Access Manager DoS (Jul 2023 CPU)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178705

Synopsis

The remote host has a Single Sign On (SSO) application installed that is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Oracle Access Manager installed on the remote host is missing a security patch from the July 2023 CPU Advisory. It is, therefore, affected by denial of service vulnerability. Oracle Access Manager product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Centralized Thirdparty Jars (jackson-databind)). The supported version that is affected is 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Access Manager. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Access Manager.

Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the appropriate patches according to the July 2023 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuJul2023.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178705

File Name: oracle_access_manager_cpu_jul_2023.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/21/2023

Updated: 10/24/2023

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36518

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:fusion_middleware, cpe:/a:oracle:access_manager

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Oracle Access Manager

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36518

IAVA: 2023-A-0558