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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                               ASB-2021.0068
                Oracle Support Tools Critical Patch Update
                               21 April 2021

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:          OSS Support Tools
Operating System: Windows
                  UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access:    Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution:       Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:        CVE-2021-2303  

OVERVIEW

        Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in :
         o OSS Support Tools, versions prior to 2.12.41
        [1]


IMPACT

        The vendor has provided the following information regarding the
        vulnerabilities:
        
        "This Critical Patch Update contains 1 new security patch for Oracle
        Support Tools. This vulnerability is not remotely exploitable without
        authentication, i.e., may not be exploited over a network without
        requiring user credentials." [1]
        
        CVE-2021-2303
          4.9 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
        The supported version that is affected is Prior to 2.12.41. Easily
        exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with
        network access via HTTP to compromise OSS Support Tools. Successful
        attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to
        critical data or complete access to all OSS Support Tools accessible
        data.
         Affects:
         o OSS Support Tools Prior to 2.12.41


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 2021
            https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html

        [2] Text Form of Oracle Critical Patch Update - April 2021 Risk
            Matrices
            https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021verbose.html

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