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Buffer Overflow in DBMS_REPCAT_ADMIN in Oracle 9i

Name	Buffer Overflow Oracle DBMS_REPCAT_ADMIN in Oracle 9i (up to 9.2.0.4)

Systems Affected	Oracle 9i
Severity	Medium Risk
Category	Buffer Overflow
Credit	Esteban Martinez Fayo (<argeniss>dot<com>)
Exploit	http://www.appsecinc.com
Date	10 May 2005 (V 1.00)

Details

Buffer Overflow in DBMS_REPCAT_ADMIN. This package has EXECUTE permission granted to SYSDBA or EXECUTE_CATALOG_ROLE. Members of these groups can exploit this vulnerability and crash the database or execute arbitrary code.

Example
BEGIN
DBMS_REPCAT_ADMIN.REGISTER_USER_REPGROUP ('sys', 'longstring', '');
END;

BEGIN
DBMS_REPCAT_ADMIN.UNREGISTER_USER_REPGROUP ('sys', 'longstring', '');
END;

Patch Information
Apply the latest Oracle Security patches (e.g. CPU October 2004 or at least alert 68).

Definition Exploit
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