Use-after-free in Oracle Access Manager



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-23807
CWE-ID CWE-416
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Oracle Access Manager
Server applications / Directory software, identity management

Vendor Oracle

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU86623

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23807

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the XML parser when scanning of external DTDs. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Note, the vulnerability exists due to an incorrect fix for #VU24140 (CVE-2018-1311).

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Access Manager: 12.2.1.4.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2024.html?3242


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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