Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2005 - E-Business Suite Impact
Oracle today released its fourth Critical Patch Update (October 2005). The patches contained in the Critical Patch Update will correct numerous security bugs in the Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, and Oracle E-Business Suite. Some of the vulnerabilities in the Critical Patch Update are high risk and a few can be exploited remotely using a web browser. Almost all the security bugs fixed in this Critical Patch Update are exploitable in Oracle E-Business Suite environments and the appropriate patches should be applied as soon as possible. Patches for the Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Developer 6i, and Oracle E-Business Suite 11i must be applied -- almost all implementations will have to apply at least 12 patches. Customers with Internet-facing implementations of the Oracle E-Business Suite are at most risk and should consider applying these patches quickly.
Integrigy Security Advisory
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Vulnerabilities in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i
Oracle Critical Patch Update – October 2005
October 18, 2005
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Summary:
Oracle today released its fourth Critical Patch Update (October 2005). The patches contained in the Critical Patch Update will correct numerous security bugs in the Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, and Oracle E-Business Suite. Some of the vulnerabilities in the Critical Patch Update are high risk and a few can be exploited remotely using a web browser.
Almost all the security bugs fixed in this Critical Patch Update are exploitable in Oracle E-Business Suite environments and the appropriate patches should be applied as soon as possible. Patches for the Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Developer 6i, and Oracle E-Business Suite 11i must be applied -- almost all implementations will have to apply at least 12 patches. Customers with Internet-facing implementations of the Oracle E-Business Suite are at most risk and should consider applying these patches quickly.
The Oracle E-Business Suite patches involved with this Critical Patch Update are much more complex as compared to the previous CPUs and will require additional functional testing in our opinion. In addition, the Oracle E-Business Suite security patches are not cumulative, therefore, all the patches specified in this CPU and previous CPUs must be applied.
Integrigy has released additional guidance to help our clients in determining the relevance and priority of these patches for their Oracle E-Business Suite implementations. The Integrigy analysis for the this Critical Patch Update is available at --
http://www.integrigy.com/analysis.htm
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For more information or questions regarding this security advisory, please contact us at alerts@integrigy.com.
Integrigy has included checks for these vulnerabilities in AppSentry, a vulnerability scanner for Oracle Applications, and AppDefend, an application intrusion prevention system for Oracle Applications.
Credit:
Some of the vulnerabilities fixed in the Critical Patch Update October 2005 were discovered and reported to Oracle by Stephen Kost of Integrigy Corporation.
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About Integrigy Corporation (www.integrigy.com)
Integrigy Corporation is a leader in application security for large enterprise, mission critical applications. Our application vulnerability assessment tool, AppSentry, assists companies in securing their largest and most important applications. AppDefend is an intrusion prevention system for Oracle Applications and blocks common types of attacks against application servers. Integrigy Consulting offers security assessment services for leading ERP and CRM applications.
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