#VU39783 Input validation error in Oracle Outside In Technology - CVE-2017-3268

Description

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

Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Outside In Filters). Supported versions that are affected are 8.5.2 and 8.5.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Outside In Technology. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Outside In Technology. Note: Outside In Technology is a suite of software development kits (SDKs). The protocol and CVSS score depend on the software that uses the Outside In Technology code. The CVSS score assumes that the software passes data received over a network directly to Outside In Technology code, but if data is not received over a network the CVSS score may be lower. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts).

Remediation

External links

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95522
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037631