[NEWS] Oracle Reports Server Information Disclosure

From: support@securiteam.com
Date: 07/22/02 

From: support@securiteam.com
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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:47:07 +0200 (CEST)

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  Oracle Reports Server Information Disclosure
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SUMMARY

A security vulnerability in Oracle Reports server allows attackers to
cause the product to reveal sensitive information about the remote
configuration of the server and the Oracle product.

DETAILS

Oracle Reports server will happily report an excessive amount of system
information to unauthenticated remote users. This information includes but
is not limited to:
# PATH D:\ORACLE\iSuites\Apache\fastcg;D:\ORACLE\806\jdk\bin
# ORACLE_HOME D:\ORACLE\806
# REPORTS60_PATH D:\WEB_REPORTS
# REPORTS60_TMP D:\ORACLE\806\REPORT60\TMP

Further, the Oracle Report server will show the exact version numbers used
by the product:
# Oracle Reports Server CGI60 version 6.0, a Win32 executable
# Oracle_Web_Listener/4.0.7.0.0 Enterprise Edition

Of course, this kind of information should not be revealed to the public,
and should be regarded as sensitive.

Examples:
The following URL will reveal the sensitive information:
http://some.site.com/cgi-bin/rwcgi60
http://some.site.com/cgi-bin/rwcgi60/showenv

Solution:
See Oracle note 133957.1 - Restricting Access to the Reports Server
Environment and Output.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:skp@bigunz.angrypacket.com>
skp.

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