dbsnmp in Oracle 8.0.5 and 8.1.5, under certain conditions, trusts the PATH environment variable to find and execute the (1) chown or (2) chgrp commands, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the PATH to point to Trojan Horse programs.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Database_server | Oracle | 8.0.5 (including) | 8.0.5 (including) |
| Database_server | Oracle | 8.1.5 (including) | 8.1.5 (including) |
References
- http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/201020
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3129
- http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/201020
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3129