Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

Published: 2021-10-19 | Updated: 2022-06-03

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-23841 CVE-2021-30468
CWE-ID	CWE-476 CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Other software / Other software solutions
Vendor	Oracle

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU50740

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23841

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() function when parsing the issuer field in the X509 certificate. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted certificate, trigger a NULL pointer dereference error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition: 5.5.0.0.0 - 12.2.1.4.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html?3222

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU56019