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TITLE:
Oracle OpenSSO Two Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46527

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-10-19

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DESCRIPTION:
Oracle has acknowledged two vulnerabilities in Oracle OpenSSO, which
can be exploited by malicious people to manipulate certain data and
cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

1) An unspecified error within the Authentication component can be
exploited to manipulate certain data.

2) An unspecified error within the Authentication component can be
exploited to cause a DoS.

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 8.0.

SOLUTION:
Apply updates (see vendor's advisory for additional information).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
It is currently unclear who reported the vulnerabilities as the
Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2010 only provides a bundled
list of credits. This section will be updated when/if the original
reporter provides more information.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Oracle:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2011-330135.html#AppendixSUNS

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