Oracle SQL Developer: CVSS (Max): 6.6

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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                               ASB-2022.0092
                Oracle SQL Developer Critical Patch Update
                               20 April 2022

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:          Oracle SQL Developer
Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                  Windows
Resolution:       Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:        CVE-2021-44832 CVE-2020-13956 

Comment: CVSS (Max):  6.6 CVE-2021-44832 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
         CVSS Source: NVD
         Calculator:  https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

OVERVIEW

        Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in :
         o Oracle SQL Developer, versions prior to 21.99
        [1]


IMPACT

        The vendor has provided the following information regarding the
        vulnerabilities:
        
        "This Critical Patch Update contains 2 new security patches for
        Oracle SQL Developer. 1 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely
        exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a
        network without requiring user credentials." [1]
        
        CVE-2021-44832
          6.6 AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
        The supported version that is affected is Prior to 21.4.2. Difficult
        to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network
        access via HTTP to compromise Oracle SQL Developer. Successful
        attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle SQL
        Developer.
         Affects:
         o Oracle SQL Developer Prior to 21.4.2
        
        CVE-2020-13956
          5.3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
        The supported version that is affected is Prior to 21.99. Easily
        exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with
        network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle SQL Developer.
        Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized
        update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle SQL Developer
        accessible data.
         Affects:
         o Oracle SQL Developer Prior to 21.99


MITIGATION

        Oracle states:
        
        "Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly
        recommends that customers apply CPU fixes as soon as possible. Until
        you apply the CPU fixes, it may be possible to reduce the risk of
        successful attack by blocking network protocols required by an
        attack. For attacks that require certain privileges or access to
        certain packages, removing the privileges or the ability to access
        the packages from users that do not need the privileges may help
        reduce the risk of successful attack. Both approaches may break
        application functionality, so Oracle strongly recommends that
        customers test changes on non-production systems. Neither approach
        should be considered a long-term solution as neither corrects the
        underlying problem." [1]


REFERENCES

        [1] Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022
            https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

        [2] Text Form of Oracle Critical Patch Update - April 2022 Risk
            Matrices
            https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022verbose.html

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