SB2021072120 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control



SB2021072120 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control

Published: July 21, 2021 Updated: April 21, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2021072120
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20227)

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing SELECT queries in "src/select.c" if a subquery with both a correlated WHERE clause and a "HAVING 0" clause is used and the parent query is an aggregate. A remote attacker can execute a specially crafted query to trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


2) XML External Entity injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25649)

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

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify information on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and modify information on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.