Check Point Advisories

Oracle Secure Enterprise Search search_p_groups Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2009-1968)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2009-223
Date Published: 12 Aug 2009
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 10 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2009-1968
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES), a standalone product from Oracle, enables a secure, high quality search across all enterprise information assets. Oracle Database Secure Enterprise Search contains a flaw that allows a remote cross site scripting attack. This flaw exists because the application does not validate the search_p_groups parameter upon submission to the /search/query/search script. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted URL to execute arbitrary code in a user's browser, leading to a loss of integrity.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70 / R65

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Oracle Secure Enterprise Search search_p_groups Cross-Site Scripting protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Oracle Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Oracle Secure Enterprise Search search_p_groups cross-site scripting

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