Bug 859935 (CVE-2012-3137) - CVE-2012-3137 oracle-server: Authentication protocol allows session key and salt for arbitrary users ("stealth password cracking vulnerability")
Summary: CVE-2012-3137 oracle-server: Authentication protocol allows session key and s...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2012-3137
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2012-09-24 12:34 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2021-02-23 13:49 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-09-24 14:00:04 UTC
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2012-09-24 12:34:57 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2012-3137 to the following vulnerability:

The authentication protocol in Oracle Database 11g 1 and 2 allows remote attackers to obtain the session key and salt for arbitrary users, which leaks information about the cryptographic hash and makes it easier to conduct brute force password guessing attacks, aka "stealth password cracking vulnerability."

References:
[1] http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-3137
[2] http://www.darkreading.com/authentication/167901072/security/application-security/240007643/attack-easily-cracks-oracle-database-passwords.html
[3] http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/flaw-oracle-logon-protocol-leads-easy-password-cracking-092012?utm_source=Threatpost&utm_medium=Tabs&utm_campaign=Today%27s+Most+Popular
[4] http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/09/oracle-database-stealth-password-cracking-vulnerability/
Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-09-24 12:36:58 UTC 
Other references:
[5] http://www.ekoparty.org/eng/2012/esteban-fayo.php
Comment 5 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-09-24 14:00:04 UTC 
Statement:

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of the oracle-server package as shipped with Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4.
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