SB2022071927 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle REST Data Services

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SB2022071927 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle REST Data Services

Published: July 19, 2022 Updated: November 7, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022071927
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34429)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing certain characters in URI. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request with encoded characters in URI, bypass implemented security restrictions and access content of the WEB-INF directory.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41184)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of values passed to the `of` option. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript 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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References