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Oracle Outside In 8.5.2 contains multiple stack buffer overflows

Vulnerability Note VU#916896

Original Release Date: 2016-01-20 | Last Revised: 2016-01-20

Overview

Oracle Outside In versions 8.5.2 and earlier contain stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the parsers for WK4, Doc, and Paradox DB files, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

Description

Oracle Outside In is a set of libraries that can decode over 500 different file formats. Originally written by Stellent, Outside In is now part of Oracle. The Oracle Outside In libraries are used by a variety of applications, including Microsoft Exchange, Google Search Appliance, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Guidance Encase Forensics, AccessData FTK, and Novell Groupwise.

CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow - CVE-2015-6013, CVE-2015-6014, CVE-2015-6015

The Outside In library for processing WK4, Doc, and Paradox DB data contains stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities. The mapping of Oracle IDs to CVEs to underlying bugs is as follows:

S0618114 - CVE-2015-6013: Oracle Outside In 8.5.2 WK4 stack buffer overflow
S0618133 - CVE-2015-6014: Oracle Outside In 8.5.2 DOC stack buffer overflow
S0618122 - CVE-2015-6015:Oracle OIT 8.5.2 Paradox DB stack buffer overflow

Impact

By causing an application to process a specially-crafted file with the Oracle Outside In library, a remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the vulnerable application. Depending on what application is using Outside In, this may happen as the result of some user interaction, such as single-clicking on a file, or it may happen with no user interaction at all.

Solution

Apply an update

This vulnerability is addressed in the Oracle Fusion Middleware version provided by the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January update.

Use the Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit

The Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) can be used to help prevent exploitation of this and other vulnerabilities.

Vendor Information

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ACD Systems International Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

ACD Systems Canvas uses Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

AccessData Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

FTK uses Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Avantstar Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Quick View Plus uses Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Avira Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Avira Antivir for Exchange has been reported to use Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Cisco Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Cisco Security Agent uses Oracle Outside In to provide Data Loss Prevention (DLP) functionality.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Google Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Google Search Appliance (GSA) uses Outside In. Google has indicated that they update Outside In when appropriate, but they have not indicated which GSA version may address this issue.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Guidance Software, Inc. Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Guidance Encase uses Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

HP TRIM uses Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

IBM Corporation Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

IBM WebSphere Portal and ECM products such as OmniFind Enterprise Edition use Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Kamel Software Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Kamel Fastlook uses Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Kroll Ontrack Inc Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Some Kroll Ontrack software, such as Ontrack EasyRecovery and PowerControls, uses Outside In to provide file viewing capabilities.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Lucion Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Lucion FileCenter uses Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

McAfee Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

McAfee GroupShield as well as Host Data Loss Prevention 9.0 and earlier use Outside In to provide file content filtering capabilities. Other versions may also be affected.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Microsoft Corporation Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Microsoft Exchange 2007, 2010, and 2013 use Oracle Outside In for its WebReady document viewing feature. By viewing a document with OWA WebReady, arbitrary code may execute on the Exchange server.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

NewSoft America Inc Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Presto! PageManager uses Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Novell, Inc. Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Novell Groupwise uses Outside In for viewing email attachments.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Oracle Corporation Affected

Notified:  September 15, 2015 Updated: January 20, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Vendor References

Perlustro Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Perlustro ILook uses Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Raytheon Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Raytheon SureView uses Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Symantec Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Symantec Enterprise Vault uses Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Windream gmbh Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

windream server uses Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

X1 Technologies Inc. Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

X1 Professional uses Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

kcura Affected

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

kCura Relativity uses Outside In.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Dell Unknown

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Some Dell printer software provides files from Outside In, but it is not clear if it is affected.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Lexmark International Unknown

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Some Lexmark printer software provides components from Outside In, but it is not clear if it is affected.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Motorola, Inc. Unknown

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

SafeNet Unknown

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Sharp Electronics Corporation Unknown

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Sharp Sharpdesk provides some components from Outside In, but it is not clear if it is affected.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Westlaw Unknown

Updated:  January 12, 2016

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

West Publisher E-Transcript Bundle Viewer provides some components from Outside In, but it is not clear if it is affected.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

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CVSS Metrics

Group Score Vector
Base 10 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal 7.8 E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
Environmental 5.9 CDP:ND/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

Acknowledgements

These vulnerabilities were reported by Will Dormann of the CERT/CC.

This document was written by Will Dormann.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2015-6013, CVE-2015-6014, CVE-2015-6015
Date Public: 2016-01-19
Date First Published: 2016-01-20
Date Last Updated: 2016-01-20 18:10 UTC
Document Revision: 15

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