ZDI-07-016: Oracle E-Business Suite Arbitrary Node Deletion
           Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-016.html 
April 18, 2007

-- CVE ID:
CVE-2007-2170

-- Affected Vendor:
Oracle

-- Affected Products:
Oracle E-Business Suite

-- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability since December 14, 2006 by Digital Vaccine protection
filter ID 4919. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:

http://www.tippingpoint.com 

-- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to delete any existing
Document Management node on vulnerable installations of Oracle
E-Business Suite. Authentication is not required to exploit this
vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists in the APPLSYS.FND_DM_NODES package. The
procedure to delete nodes does not check for a valid session thereby
allowing an attacker to arbitrarily delete any node registered,
including the root node.

-- Vendor Response:
Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details
can be found at:

 
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpuapr2007.html 

-- Disclosure Timeline:
2007.01.29 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2006.12.14 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
2007.04.18 - Coordinated public release of advisory

-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by Joxean Koret.

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