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Oracle E-Business Suite Security Patch

Number: AV06-007
Date: 28 February 2006

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to the release of an out-of-cycle security patch to the Oracle Corporation's E-Business Suite software.

Assessment

This patch fixes a number of vulnerabilities in the Oracle Diagnostics troubleshooting component of E-Business Suite 11i that allows system administrators to execute technical and functional tests on the configuration and setup of the application. The most significant security change in this patch is the implementation of function security, which limits access to the diagnostic tests.

Suggested action

Due to the number of security fixes included in this patch, Oracle is advising customers to apply this patch. There is no functional testing required, since the patch only impacts Oracle Diagnostics.If the patch can not be applied, it is possible to block access to many of the Oracle Diagnostic web pages and remove older versions of the Oracle Diagnostics. It is also recommended to block access to the diagnostic web pages on all internet facing Oracle Application 11i servers located in a DMZ.

For more information, please refer to:

Oracle customers can find more information about the patch (document ID:226429.1) on the Oracle metalink site. http://www.integrigy.com/info/IntegrigySecurityAnalysis-OracleDiag0206.pdf
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5462

Note to readers

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