Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Knowledge



Published: 2020-04-23 | Updated: 2024-03-06
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 16
CVE-ID CVE-2020-2522
CVE-2020-2553
CVE-2020-2932
CVE-2020-2524
CVE-2017-14735
CVE-2015-9251
CVE-2019-11358
CVE-2020-2795
CVE-2018-17197
CVE-2015-0254
CVE-2016-3092
CVE-2019-0227
CVE-2015-1832
CVE-2020-2931
CVE-2016-1000031
CVE-2020-2791
CWE-ID CWE-20
CWE-79
CWE-1321
CWE-835
CWE-400
CWE-611
CWE-502
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #7 is available.
Public exploit code for vulnerability #12 is available.
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This security bulletin contains information about 16 vulnerabilities.

1) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU27255

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2522

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Information Manager Console component in Oracle Knowledge. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to manipulate data.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.1

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU27254

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2553

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Information Manager Console component in Oracle Knowledge. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read and manipulate data.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.3

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

3) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU27253

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2932

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Information Manager Console component in Oracle Knowledge. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.3

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

4) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU27252

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2524

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the InQuira Search component in Oracle Knowledge. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.3

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

5) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU17056

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14735

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.3

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

6) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU14150

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9251

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary text/javascript responses in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.3

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

7) Prototype pollution

EUVDB-ID: #VU18092

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11358

CWE-ID: CWE-1321 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes (\'Prototype Pollution\')

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform prototype pollution, which can result in information disclosure or data manipulation.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.3

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

8) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU27251

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2795

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Information Manager Console component in Oracle Knowledge. A local privileged user can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.2

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

9) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU16676

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17197

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an infinite loop when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can supply a carefully crafted or corrupt sqlite file, trigger and an infinite loop in Apache Tika's SQLite3Parser and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.3

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

10) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU27250

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0254

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Information Manager Console (Apache Standard Taglibs) component in Oracle Knowledge. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read and manipulate data.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.1

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

11) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU197

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3092

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause denial of service conditions on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing very long boundary strings within the MultipartStream class in Apache Commons Fileupload. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions by sending specially crafted boundary string and consume excessive CPU resources.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.3

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

12) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU24468

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0227

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Core (Apache Axis) component in Oracle Communications Design Studio. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.3

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

13) XXE attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU735

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1832

CWE-ID: CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to conduct XXE attack.
The weakness exists due to XML external entity error. Via vectors involving XmlVTI and the XML datatype context-dependent attackers can view arbitrary files that may lead to denial of service.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability can result in potentially sensitive information disclosure and denial of service on the vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.3

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

14) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU27249

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2931

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Web Applications - InfoCenter component in Oracle Knowledge. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.3

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

15) Desereliazation of untrusted data

EUVDB-ID: #VU12312

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1000031

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists in DiskFileItem class of the FileUpload library due to deserialization of untrusted data. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.3

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

16) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU27248

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2791

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Information Manager Console component in Oracle Knowledge. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Knowledge: 8.6.0 - 8.6.2

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html?547692


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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