Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2013

Description

A Critical Patch Update (CPU) is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabilities. Critical Patch Update patches are usually cumulative, but each advisory describes only the security fixes added since the previous Critical Patch Update advisory. Thus, prior Critical Patch Update advisories should be reviewed for information regarding earlier published security fixes. Please refer to:

Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts for information about Oracle Security Advisories.

Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply CPU fixes as soon as possible. Starting Oct 2013, the Java SE Critical Patch Update will be released quarterly every year as per the main Oracle Critical Patch Update Schedule. This Critical Patch Update contains 127 new security fixes (including 51 Java fixes) across the product families listed below.

This Critical Patch Update advisory is also available in an XML format that conforms to the Common Vulnerability Reporting Format (CVRF) version 1.1. More information about Oracle's use of CVRF is available at: http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpufaq.html#CVRF.

Affected Products and Components

Security vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update affect the products listed in the categories below. The product area of the patches for the listed versions is shown in the Patch Availability column corresponding to the specified Products and Versions column. Please click on the link in the Patch Availability column below or in the Patch Availability Table to access the documentation for those patches.

The list of affected product releases and versions that are in Premier Support or Extended Support, under the Oracle Lifetime Support Policy is as follows:

Patch Availability Table and Risk Matrices

Products with Cumulative Patches

The Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control, Oracle E-Business Suite Applications, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, JD Edwards OneWorld Tools, PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal Applications, PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools, Siebel Enterprise, Industry Applications, Primavera and Oracle VM patches in the Critical Patch Updates are cumulative. In other words, patches for any of these products included in a Critical Patch Update will include all fixes for that product from the previous Critical Patch Updates. For more information about cumulative and non-cumulative patches, check the patch availability documents in the table below for the respective product groups.

Patch Availability Table

For each administered Oracle product, consult the documentation for patch availability information and installation instructions referenced from the following table. For an overview of the Oracle product documentation related to this Critical Patch Update, please refer to the Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2013 Documentation Map, My Oracle Support Note 1569424.1.

Risk Matrix Content

Risk matrices list only security vulnerabilities that are newly fixed by the patches associated with this advisory. Risk matrices for previous security fixes can be found in previous Critical Patch Update advisories. An English text version of the risk matrices provided in this document is available here.

Several vulnerabilities addressed in this Critical Patch Update affect multiple products. Each vulnerability is identified by a CVE# which is a unique identifier for a vulnerability. A vulnerability that affects multiple products will appear with the same CVE# in all risk matrices. Italics indicate vulnerabilities in code included from other product areas.

Security vulnerabilities are scored using CVSS version 2.0 (see Oracle CVSS Scoring for an explanation of how Oracle applies CVSS 2.0). Oracle conducts an analysis of each security vulnerability addressed by a Critical Patch Update (CPU). Oracle does not disclose information about the security analysis, but the resulting Risk Matrix and associated documentation provide information about the type of vulnerability, the conditions required to exploit it, and the potential impact of a successful exploit. Oracle provides this information, in part, so that customers may conduct their own risk analysis based on the particulars of their product usage. For more information, see Oracle vulnerability disclosure policies.

The protocol in the risk matrix implies that all of its secure variants (if applicable) are affected as well. For example, if HTTP is listed as an affected protocol, it implies that HTTPS (if applicable) is also affected.

Workarounds

Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply CPU fixes as soon as possible. Until you apply the CPU fixes, it may be possible to reduce the risk of successful attack by blocking network protocols required by an attack. For attacks that require certain privileges or access to certain packages, removing the privileges or the ability to access the packages from users that do not need the privileges may help reduce the risk of successful attack. Both approaches may break application functionality, so Oracle strongly recommends that customers test changes on non-production systems. Neither approach should be considered a long-term solution as neither corrects the underlying problem.

Skipped Critical Patch Updates

Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply security fixes as soon as possible. For customers that have skipped one or more Critical Patch Updates and are concerned about products that do not have security fixes announced in this CPU, please review previous Critical Patch Update advisories to determine appropriate actions.

Product Dependencies

Oracle products may have dependencies on other Oracle products. Hence security vulnerability fixes announced in this Critical Patch Update may affect one or more dependent Oracle products. For details regarding these dependencies and to apply patches to dependent products, please refer to Patch Set Update and Critical Patch Update October 2013 Availability Document, My Oracle Support Note 1571391.1.

Critical Patch Update Supported Products and Versions

Patches released through the Critical Patch Update program are provided only for product versions that are covered under the Premier Support or Extended Support phases of the Lifetime Support Policy. We recommend that customers plan product upgrades to ensure that patches released through the Critical Patch Update program are available for the versions they are currently running.

Product releases that are not under Premier Support or Extended Support are not tested for the presence of vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update. However, it is likely that earlier versions of affected releases are also affected by these vulnerabilities. As a result, customers are recommended to upgrade to supported versions.

Supported Database, Fusion Middleware, Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform (formerly "Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control") and Collaboration Suite products are patched in accordance with the Software Error Correction Support Policy explained in My Oracle Support Note 209768.1. Please review the Technical Support Policies for further guidelines regarding support policies and phases of support.

Products in Extended Support

Patches released through the Critical Patch Update program are available to customers who have purchased Extended Support under the Lifetime Support Policy. Customers must have a valid Extended Support service contract to download patches released through the Critical Patch Update program for products in the Extended Support Phase.

Credit Statement

The following people or organizations reported security vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update to Oracle: Adam Gowdiak of Security Explorations; Adam Willard of Foreground Security; Adi Ludmer of McAfee Labs; Ajinkya Patil of AVsecurity.in; Alex Kouzemtchenko of Security Research Lab via CERT/CC; Alex Rajan of Network Intelligence; Alexander Polyakov of ERPScan; Alexander Tlyapov of Positive Technologies; Alexey Osipov of Positive Technologies; Alexey Tyurin of ERPScan (Digital Security Research Group); Anagha Devale-Vartak of AVsecurity.in; Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod, working with HP's Zero Day Initiative; Andrew Davies formerly of NCC Group; Ben Murphy via HP's Zero Day Initiative; CERT/CC; Chris Ries via the Exodus Intelligence Program; Dave Bryant of Orion Health; Dmitry Sklyarov of Positive Technologies; Esteban Martinez Fayo formerly of Application Security Inc.; HUAWEI PSIRT; James Forshaw of Context Information Security; Jeroen Frijters; Jon Passki of Security Research Lab via CERT/CC; Juraj Somorovsky of Ruhr-University Bochum; Manuel García Cárdenas of Internet Security Auditors; Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company); Qinglin Jiang formerly of Application Security Inc; Rohan Stelling of BAE Systems Detica; Sam Thomas of Pentest Limited; Timur Yunusov of Positive Technologies; Tom Parker of Orion Health; Travis Emmert via iDefense; Vinesh N. Redkar; Will Dormann of CERT/CC; and Yuki Chen of Trend Micro.

Security-In-Depth Contributors

Oracle provides recognition to people that have contributed to our Security-In-Depth program (see FAQ). People are recognized for Security-In-Depth contributions if they provide information, observations or suggestions pertaining to security vulnerability issues that result in significant modification of Oracle code or documentation in future releases, but are not of such a critical nature that they are distributed in Critical Patch Updates.

In this Critical Patch Update Advisory, Oracle recognizes Vitaliy Toropov via the Exodus Intelligence Program; and Yuki Chen of Trend Micro for contributions to Oracle's Security-In-Depth program.

On-Line Presence Security Contributors

Oracle provides recognition to people that have contributed to our On-Line Presence Security program (see FAQ). People are recognized for contributions relating to Oracle's on-line presence if they provide information, observations or suggestions pertaining to security-related issues that result in significant modification to Oracle's on-line external-facing systems.

For this quarter, Oracle recognizes Adam Willard of Foreground Security; Alok Saurabh; Danish Tariq; Ehraz Ahmed and Umraz Ahmed; Faisal ait hamou; Hamza Ghled; Harsha Vardhan Boppana; Jatinpreet Singh; Jigar Thakkar; Kamil Sevi; Kotros Nadara; Mahadev Subedi; Mahesh Darji of SRIMCA; Rishal Dwivedi & Manjot Singh; Muhammad Ahmed Siddiqui; Narendra Bhati; Osanda Malith Jayathissa; Ravi Chandroliya; Ravikumar R. Paghdal of SRIMCA; Riaz Ebrahim; Simone Memoli; SimranJeet Singh; Sunil Dadhich; Wong Chieh Yie(wcypierre); and Yasir Altaf Zargar for contributions to Oracle's On-Line Presence Security program.

Critical Patch Update Schedule

Critical Patch Updates are released on the Tuesday closest to the 17th day of January, April, July and October. The next four dates are:

• 14 January 2014
• 15 April 2014
• 15 July 2014
• 14 October 2014

References

• Oracle Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts main page [ Oracle Technology Network ]
• Critical Patch Update - October 2013 Documentation Map [ My Oracle Support Note 1569424.1 ]
• Oracle Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts - Frequently Asked Questions [ CPU FAQ ]
• Risk Matrix definitions [ Risk Matrix Definitions ]
• Use of Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) by Oracle [ Oracle CVSS Scoring ]
• English text version of the risk matrices [ Oracle Technology Network ]
• CVRF XML version of the risk matrices [ Oracle Technology Network ]
• List of public vulnerabilities fixed in Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts [ Oracle Technology Network ]
• Software Error Correction Support Policy [ My Oracle Support Note 209768.1 ]

Modification History

Appendix - Oracle Database Server

Oracle Database Server Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 2 new security fixes for the Oracle Database Server. Both of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. None of these fixes are applicable to client-only installations, i.e., installations that do not have the Oracle Database Server installed. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

Oracle Database 10g and 11g include Enterprise Manager Database Control which can be exploited by the vulnerabilities listed in the Oracle Enterprise Manager section. These vulnerabilities are not listed in the Oracle Database risk matrix. Oracle customers should refer to the section, Oracle Enterprise Manager for affected versions of Enterprise Manager Database Control and apply the patches as per the instructions in the Database Section of the Critical Patch Update October 2013 Patch Availability Document for Oracle Products, My Oracle Support Note 1571391.1.

Oracle Database Server Risk Matrix

Notes:

1. This vulnerability does not affect supported versions. Unsupported versions may be affected and should be upgraded to a supported release or patch set. Refer to the Critical Patch Update October 2013 Patch Availability Document for Oracle Products, My Oracle Support Note 1571391.1 for information on supported versions. Refer to Critical Patch Update Supported Products and Versions for links to support policies.
2. Network encryption (native network encryption and SSL/TLS) and strong authentication services (Kerberos, PKI, and RADIUS) are no longer part of Oracle Advanced Security and are available in all licensed editions of all supported releases of the Oracle database. To remediate this security vulnerability, customers should configure network encryption in their clients and servers to protect sensitive data sent over untrusted networks. Refer to http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/license.112/e47877/options.htm#CIHFDJDG - "Oracle Advanced Security section" of "Oracle Database Licensing Information 11g Release 2 (11.2)" for details of this licensing change.

Appendix - Oracle Fusion Middleware

Oracle Fusion Middleware Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 17 new security fixes for Oracle Fusion Middleware. 12 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

Oracle Fusion Middleware products include Oracle Database components that can be exploited by the vulnerabilities listed in the Oracle Database section. The exposure of Oracle Fusion Middleware products is dependent on the Oracle Database version being used. Oracle Database security fixes are not listed in the Oracle Fusion Middleware risk matrix. However, since vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Database versions may affect Oracle Fusion Middleware products, Oracle customers should apply the October 2013 Critical Patch Update to the Oracle Database components of Oracle Fusion Middleware products. For information on what patches need to be applied to your environments, refer to Critical Patch Update October 2013 Patch Availability Document for Oracle Products, My Oracle Support Note 1571391.1.

Oracle Fusion Middleware Risk Matrix

Notes:

1. Please refer to MOS note https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=1586861.1 for configuration.
2. CVE-2013-2172 is equivalent to CVE-2013-2461.
3. Outside In Technology is a suite of software development kits (SDKs). It does not have any particular associated protocol. If the hosting software passes data received over the network to Outside In Technology code, the CVSS Base Score would increase to 6.8.

Appendix - Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control

Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 4 new security fixes for Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control. All of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. None of these fixes are applicable to client-only installations, i.e., installations that do not have Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control installed. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

Oracle Enterprise Manager products include Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware components that can be exploited by the vulnerabilities listed in the Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware sections. The exposure of Oracle Enterprise Manager products is dependent on the Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware versions being used. Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware security fixes are not listed in the Oracle Enterprise Manager risk matrix. However, since vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware versions may affect Oracle Enterprise Manager products, Oracle customers should apply the October 2013 Critical Patch Update to the Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware components of Enterprise Manager. For information on what patches need to be applied to your environments, refer to Critical Patch Update October 2013 Patch Availability Document for Oracle Products, My Oracle Support Note 1571391.1.

Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Risk Matrix

Appendix - Oracle Applications

Oracle E-Business Suite Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 1 new security fix for the Oracle E-Business Suite. This vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

Oracle E-Business Suite products include Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware components that can be exploited by the vulnerabilities listed in the Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware sections. The exposure of Oracle E-Business Suite products is dependent on the Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware versions being used. Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware security fixes are not listed in the Oracle E-Business Suite risk matrix. However, since vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware versions may affect Oracle E-Business Suite products, Oracle customers should apply the October 2013 Critical Patch Update to the Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware components of Oracle E-Business Suite. For information on what patches need to be applied to your environments, refer to Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 11i and 12 Critical Patch Update Knowledge Document (October 2013), My Oracle Support Note 1585639.1.

Oracle E-Business Suite Risk Matrix

Oracle Supply Chain Products Suite Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 2 new security fixes for the Oracle Supply Chain Products Suite. Both of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

Oracle Supply Chain Products Suite Risk Matrix

Oracle PeopleSoft Products Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 8 new security fixes for Oracle PeopleSoft Products. 5 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

Oracle PeopleSoft Products Risk Matrix

Oracle Siebel CRM Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 9 new security fixes for Oracle Siebel CRM. 5 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

Oracle Siebel CRM Risk Matrix

Oracle iLearning Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 2 new security fixes for Oracle iLearning. Both of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

Oracle iLearning Risk Matrix

Appendix - Oracle Industry Applications

Oracle Industry Applications Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 6 new security fixes for Oracle Industry Applications. None of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., none may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

Oracle Industry Applications Risk Matrix

Appendix - Oracle Financial Services Software

Oracle Financial Services Software Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 1 new security fix for Oracle Financial Services Software. This vulnerability is not remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may not be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

Oracle Financial Services Software Risk Matrix

Notes:

1. The following CVEs are fixed as a result of upgrading to Struts 2.3.15.1: CVE-2013-2251, CVE-2013-2248, CVE-2013-2135, and CVE-2013-2134.

Appendix - Oracle Primavera Products Suite

Oracle Primavera Products Suite Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 2 new security fixes for the Oracle Primavera Products Suite. 1 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

Oracle Primavera Products Suite Risk Matrix

Appendix - Oracle Java SE

Oracle Java SE Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 51 new security fixes for Oracle Java SE. 50 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

The CVSS scores below assume that a user running a Java applet or Java Web Start application has administrator privileges (typical on Windows). When the user does not run with administrator privileges (typical on Solaris and Linux), the corresponding CVSS impact scores for Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability are "Partial" instead of "Complete", lowering the CVSS Base Score. For example, a Base Score of 10.0 becomes 7.5.

Users should only use the default Java Plug-in and Java Web Start from the latest JDK or JRE 7 release.

My Oracle Support Note 360870.1 explains the impact of Java security vulnerabilities on Oracle products that include an Oracle Java SE JDK or JRE.

Oracle Java SE Risk Matrix

Notes:

1. Applies to client and server deployment of Java. This vulnerability can be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, such as through a web service.
2. Applies to client deployment of Java only. This vulnerability can be exploited only through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets.
3. Applies to installation process on client deployment of Java.
4. Applies to sites that run the Javadoc tool as a service and then host the resulting documentation. It is recommended that sites filter HTML where it is not explicitly allowed for javadocs.
5. Applies to the jhat developer tool.

Appendix - Oracle and Sun Systems Products Suite

Oracle and Sun Systems Products Suite Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 12 new security fixes for the Oracle and Sun Systems Products Suite. 5 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

Oracle and Sun Systems Products Suite Risk Matrix

Notes:

1. CVE-2013-3838 applies to Sun System Firmware before 6.7.13 for SPARC T1, 7.4.6.c for SPARC T2, 8.3.0.b for SPARC T3 & T4, 9.0.0.d for SPARC T5 and 9.0.1.e for SPARC M5.

Appendix - Oracle Linux and Virtualization

Oracle Virtualization Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 2 new security fixes for Oracle Virtualization. 1 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

Oracle Virtualization Risk Matrix

Appendix - Oracle MySQL

Oracle MySQL Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 8 new security fixes for Oracle MySQL. None of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., none may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.

Oracle MySQL Risk Matrix

Notes:

1. The following CVEs are fixed as a result of upgrading to Struts 2.3.15.1: CVE-2013-2251, CVE-2013-2248, CVE-2013-2135, and CVE-2013-2134. The CVSS score is 8.5 if MySQL Enterprise Monitor runs with admin or root privileges. The score would be 6.0 if MySQL Enterprise Monitor runs with non-admin privileges and the impact on Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability would be Partial.