Bugtraq: Advisory: Oracle JDeveloper passes Plaintext Password

From: <ak_at_red-database-security.com>
Date: 13 Jul 2005 19:36:22 -0000

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Oracle JDeveloper passes Plaintext Password

Name Oracle JDeveloper passes Plaintext Password
Systems Affected Oracle JDeveloper 9.0.4, 9.0.5, 10.1.2
Severity Low Risk
Category Information disclosure of Passwords
Vendor URL http://www.oracle.com
Author Alexander Kornbrust (ak at red-database-security.com)
Date 13 July 2005 (V 1.00)
Advisory AKSEC2003-006
Oracle Vuln# AS09
Time to fix 148 days

Details
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Starting an external program and passing the password as a parameter is unsecure.
This is the easiest way to decrypt an encrypted password. Replace the sqlplus.exe with a fake version which stores the passwords in a local file.

JDeveloper starts sqlplus with the following parameter:
system/alexora1@(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=picard)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=ora10103)))

Workaround
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Do not start sqlplus from JDeveloper.

Patch Information
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Apply patches for Jdeveloper and / or DeveloperSuite mentioned in Metalink Note 311038 on your Jdeveloper / DeveloperSuite Installation (normally your client PC).

History
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14-feb-2005 Oracle secalert_us was informed
14-feb-2005 Bug confirmed
12-jul-2005 Oracle published Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2005
12-jul-2005 Red-Database-Security published this advisory