Re: Silently fixed security bugs in Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2005

["David Litchfield" <davidl () ngssoftware com>]

Hi Alex and all,

> After reading the patch documentation and some tests with the CPU July 
> 2005 I found out that Oracle fixed some security bugs silently without 
> mention these bugs in their current risk matrix.
>
> Detailed information about most of these bugs are not available via 
> Metalink but in many cases the description is sufficient for a malicious 
> attacker
> (e.g. "/DAV_PUBLIC IS NOT PROTECTED BY DEFAULT ENABLING MALITIOUS USER TO 
> FILL IT UP")
>
> For Mod_Oradav 9.0.2.3:
> 2576249 - /DAV_PUBLIC IS NOT PROTECTED BY DEFAULT ENABLING MALITIOUS USER 
> TO FILL IT UP
> 2544464 - ORAALTPASSWORD SHOULD BE ENCRYPTED AND NOT JUST OBFUSCATED

I don't think this one was silently fixed - see 
http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2003/Feb/1006098.html

Cheers,
David Litchfield
NGSSoftware Ltd
http://www.ngssoftware.com/