Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle BI Publisher
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 3 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2022-25647 CVE-2021-40690 CVE-2022-21590 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-502 CWE-200 CWE-20 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Oracle BI Publisher Other software / Other software solutions |
| Vendor | Oracle |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data
EUVDB-ID: #VU64152
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25647
CWE-ID:
CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data passed to writeReplace() method. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsOracle BI Publisher: 5.9.0.0 - 12.2.1.4.0
External linkshttp://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2022.html?3240
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) Information disclosure
EUVDB-ID: #VU58198
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40690
CWE-ID:
CWE-200 - Information exposure
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an issue where the "secureValidation" property is not passed correctly when creating a KeyInfo from a KeyInfoReference element. A remote attacker can abuse an XPath Transform to extract any local .xml files in a RetrievalMethod element.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsOracle BI Publisher: 5.9.0.0 - 6.4.0.0.0
External linkshttp://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2022.html?3240
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.
3) Improper input validation
EUVDB-ID: #VU68528
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21590
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read, manipulate or delete data.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Core Formatting API component in Oracle BI Publisher. A remote authenticated user can exploit this vulnerability to read, manipulate or delete data.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsOracle BI Publisher: 5.9.0.0 - 12.2.1.4.0
External linkshttp://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2022.html?3240
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
