• A review of the security vulnerabilities fixed in this CPU,
• An analysis of the required CPU patches,
• A discussion of patching including CPUs vs. PSUs.

• Upgrade +1 - Improving your Security During Your Upgrade to R12 

• Oracle April 2011 Critical Patch Update E-Business Suite Impact 
• Internal Auditor Primer: Oracle E-Business Suite Security Risks 
• Protecting Your Sensitive Data in the Oracle E-Business Suite
• Upgrade Security in Your Oracle R12 Upgrade 
• Oracle July 2011 Critical Patch Update Oracle Database Impact

• a review of the security vulnerabilities fixed in the CPU,
• an analysis of the required CPU patches,
• a discussion of a high-level patch strategy.

• A review of the security vulnerabilities fixed in this CPU,
• An analysis of the required CPU patches,
• A discussion of patching including CPUs vs. PSUs.

• Overall, 55 Oracle security vulnerabilities (non-Solaris bugs) are fixed in this CPU, which is an above average number but well within the range of previous CPUs (Apr-11=47, Jan-11=43, Oct-10=50, Jul-10=38, Apr-10=31, Jan-10=24, Oct-09=38, Jul-09=30, Apr-09=43, Jan-09=41, Oct-08=36, Jul-08=45, Apr-08=41, Jan-08=26, Oct-07=51, Jul-07=45, Apr-07=36, Jan-07=51, Oct-06=101, Jul-06=62, Apr-06=34, Jan-06=80).  These numbers have been normalized for Oracle products and excludes any Sun products.
  
• The Oracle product and vulnerability mix appears to be similar to previous CPUs, with the only exception being a large number of Oracle Grid Control vulnerabilities fixed this quarter.  All CPU supported Oracle Database and Oracle E-Business Suite versions are included.  The list of supported versions is getting very short and should be carefully reviewed to determine if version upgrades are required prior to applying the CPU security patches -
• Database = 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2 for major platforms
  
• Application Server = 10.1.2.3.0, 10.1.3.5.0, 11.1.1.3.0, 11.1.1.4.0, and 11.1.1.5.0
  
• E-Business Suite = 11.5.10.2, 12.04, 12.0.6, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, and 12.1.3
  
• As anticipated by Integrigy, this is the first CPU available for Oracle Database 11.2.0.2.
  
• For the Oracle E-Business, as of the July 2011 there is no CPU support for all versions prior to 11.5.10.2 and 12.0.0 - 12.0.5.  We are not sure if it is a mistake in the CPU, but 12.0.4 is listed as a supported version.  11.5.10.2 requires the "Minimum Baseline for Extended Support" as specified in Metalink Note ID 883202.1.
  
• Based on the pre-release announcement, few determinations can be made as to the actual severity and impact on most organizations because of the varied components being patched this quarter.  For the database, the highest CVSSv2 score is a 7.2 and 2 vulnerabilities are remotely exploitable without authentication.  However, since 18 components are listed as being patched for the 13 vulnerabilities, it is hard to determine the impact without more details regarding individual vulnerabilities.  We anticipate the highest scoring vulnerabilities will be the client-side and Database Vault vulnerabilities.
• Integrigy will be presenting more information on this CPU in the following webinars: (1) Oracle July 2011 CPU E-Business Suite Impact Webinar Thursday, July 28, 2pm ET and (2) Oracle July 2011 CPU Oracle Database Impact Webinar Tuesday, August 2, 2pm ET.

• There are 13 database vulnerabilities; 2 are remotely exploitable without authentication and 2 are applicable to client-side only installations.
  
• Since at least one database vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 metric of 7.1 (important to high for a database vulnerability), this is a fairly important CPU.
  
• The components fixed by this CPU are not the usual suspects and several will not be implemented in many environments.  It will be interesting to see what the actual vulnerabilities are in these components: CMDB Metadata & Instance APIs, Content Management, Core RDBMS, Database Target Type Menus, Database Vault, EMCTL, Enterprise Config Management, Enterprise Manager Console, Event Management, Instance Management, Oracle Universal Installer, Schema Management, Security Framework, Security Management, SQL Performance Advisories/UIs, Streams, AQ & Replication Mgmt, and XML Developer Kit.
• In addition, there are 18 vulnerabilities in Oracle Enterprise Manager and 3 in Oracle Secure Backup.

• There are 7 new Oracle Fusion Middleware vulnerabilities, 2 of which are remotely exploitable without authentication with the highest CVSS score being 10.0.
• All Oracle Fusion Middleware implementations should carefully review this CPU to determine the exact impact to your environment.

• There is only one new Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and R12 vulnerability, which is remotely exploitable without authentication.  Most likely the Business Intelligence vulnerability cannot be exploited externally in DMZ implementations.
  

• We anticipate the criticality of this quarter's CPU will be in-line with previous CPUs.  Based on the patched components, this may be a lower than average risk CPU for specific databases based on configuration and installed options.  It appears most of the vulnerabilities are related to Enterprise Manager components.
  
• As with all previous CPUs, this quarter's security patches should be deemed critical and you should adhere to the established procedures and timing used for previous CPUs.
• For Oracle E-Business Suite customers, most likely the Business Intelligence will have to be applied to all implementations even if the Business Intelligence module is not installed, configured, or licensed.

• 11i and R12 differences and changes that impact security
• R12 security enhancements and new features
• Improving security throughout the R12 upgrade process

• A review of the security vulnerabilities fixed in this CPU,
• An analysis of the required CPU patches,
• A discussion of patching including CPUs vs. PSUs.

• Overall, 47 Oracle security vulnerabilities (non-Solaris bugs) are fixed in this CPU, which is an average number and well within the range of previous CPUs (Jan-11=43, Oct-10=50, Jul-10=38, Apr-10=31, Jan-10=24, Oct-09=38, Jul-09=30, Apr-09=43, Jan-09=41, Oct-08=36, Jul-08=45, Apr-08=41, Jan-08=26, Oct-07=51, Jul-07=45, Apr-07=36, Jan-07=51, Oct-06=101, Jul-06=62, Apr-06=34, Jan-06=80).  These numbers have been normalized for Oracle products and excludes any Sun products.
  
• The Oracle product and vulnerability mix appears to be similar to previous CPUs.  All CPU supported Oracle Database and Oracle E-Business Suite versions are included.  The list of supported versions is getting very short and should be carefully reviewed to determine if version upgrades are required prior to applying the CPU security patches -
• Database = 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2 for major platforms
  
• Application Server = 10.1.2.3.0, 10.1.3.5.0, 11.1.1.2.0, 11.1.1.3.0, and 11.1.1.4.0
  
• E-Business Suite = 11.5.10.2, 12.0.6, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, and 12.1.3
  
• As anticipated by Integrigy, this is the first CPU available for Oracle Database 11.2.0.2.
  
• For the Oracle E-Business, as of the April 2011 there is no CPU support for all versions prior to 11.5.10.2 and 12.0.0 - 12.0.5.  11.5.10.2 requires the "Minimum Baseline for Extended Support" as specified in Metalink Note ID 883202.1.
  
• The highlight of this CPU is 6 of 9 Oracle Application Server/Fusion Middleware security vulnerabilities are remotely exploitable without authentication with the highest CVSSv2 score being 10.0.  The vulnerabilities are in Oracle Help, Oracle HTTP Server, Oracle JRockit, Oracle Outside In Technology, Oracle Security Service, Oracle WebLogic Server, Portal, and Single Sign On components.
• Integrigy will be presenting more information on this CPU in the following webinars: (1) Oracle April 2011 CPU E-Business Suite Impact Webinar Thursday, April 28, 2pm ET and (2) Oracle April 2011 CPU Oracle Database Impact Webinar Thursday, May 5, 2pm ET.

• There are 6 database vulnerabilities and 2 are remotely exploitable without authentication.
  
• Since at least one database vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 metric of 6.5 (important to high for a database vulnerability), this is a fairly important CPU.
  
• The components fixed by this CPU are not the usual suspects and several will not be implemented in many environments.  It will be interesting to see what the actual vulnerabilities are in these components: Application Service Level Management, Database Vault, Network Foundation, Oracle Help, Oracle Security Service, Oracle Warehouse Builder, and UIX.  If the Network Foundation bug is a denial of service and most of the other components are not implemented in an environment, this could be one of the first CPUs to be classified as low risk for some Oracle databases.
  

• There are 9 new Oracle Fusion Middleware vulnerabilities, 6 of which are remotely exploitable without authentication with the highest CVSS score being 10.0.
• Of critical importance will be the fixes in the Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle Web Logic Server.  All Oracle Fusion Middleware implementations should carefully review this CPU to determine the exact impact to your environment.

• There are 4 new Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and R12 vulnerabilities, two of which are remotely exploitable without authentication.
• The vulnerabilities are Oracle Application Object Library (AOL), Applications Install, and Web ADI.  It is not clear if the AOL vulnerabilities can be exploited externally in DMZ implementations.
  

• We anticipate the criticality of this quarter's CPU will be in-line with previous CPUs.  The only exception may the significant number of Oracle Fusion Middleware remotely exploitable vulnerabilities, especially any in the Oracle HTTP Server.  For specific databases based on configuration and installed options, this may be a lower than average risk CPU.
  
• As with all previous CPUs, this quarter's security patches should be deemed critical and you should adhere to the established procedures and timing used for previous CPUs.
• Oracle E-Business Suite customers with externally facing implementations should carefully review the remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in Application Object Library to determine if these pages are blocked by the URL firewall.  If any of the vulnerable web pages are externally accessible, customers should look to immediately patch these environments.

For those of you not familiar with COLLABORATE or have not previously attended, the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) and Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) have teamed together to host a user-driven event with exceptional content.  COLLABORATE11 is Sunday, April 10, 2011 through Thursday, April 14, 2011 in Orlando.  This year there will be over 1,000 technical sessions covering virtually every Oracle product.

For IOUG attendess, the reception on Sunday evening from 5-7pm has the theme "IOUG Operation Classified: Security Hackfest".  This event will pit your skills at securing and hacking the latest Oracle database and competition with your fellow attendees.

To help support the event, Integrigy has updated our highly regarded "Oracle Database Security Quick Reference" to included the latest security information for Oracle 11gR2. 

Note: This event is only open to IOUG attendees.

References:

Integrigy Oracle Database Security Quick Reference

Integrigy Oracle E-Business Suite Security Quick Reference

Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG)

Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG)

• An overview of Oracle E-Business Suite data security challenges
• Sensitive data protection compliance requirements – PCI-DSS, SOX, HIPAA
• Best practices and solutions for encrypting sensitive data
• Best practices and solutions for scrambling data in test and development environments
• Best practices and solutions for auditing sensitive data access

• Effective Segregation of Duties
• Anti-Fraud Policies and Procedures
• Meaningful Monitoring within the Applications
• Monitoring for IT Security
• Secure Passwords
• Guarding Access to Data

• Overall, 43 Oracle security vulnerabilities are fixed in this CPU, which is a average number and well within the range of previous CPUs (Oct-10=50, Jul-10=38, Apr-10=31, Jan-10=24, Oct-09=38, Jul-09=30, Apr-09=43, Jan-09=41, Oct-08=36, Jul-08=45, Apr-08=41, Jan-08=26, Oct-07=51, Jul-07=45, Apr-07=36, Jan-07=51, Oct-06=101, Jul-06=62, Apr-06=34, Jan-06=80).  These numbers have been normalized for Oracle products and excludes any Sun products.
  
• The Oracle product and vulnerability mix appears to be similar to previous CPUs.  All CPU supported Oracle Database and Oracle E-Business Suite versions are included.  The list of supported versions is getting very short and should be carefully reviewed to determine if version upgrades are required prior to applying the CPU security patches -
• Database = 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, and 11.2.0.1 for major platforms
  
• Application Server = 10.1.2.3.0, 11.1.1.2.0, and 11.1.1.3.0
  
• E-Business Suite = 11.5.10.x, 12.0.4, 12.0.5, 12.0.6, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, and 12.1.3
  
• The major versions no longer supported by Critical Patch Updates are Oracle Database 9.2.0.8 (July 2010) and Oracle Application Server/Fusion Middleware versions 10.1.3.5.0 and 11.1.1.1.
• The highlight of this CPU is 12 of 16 Oracle Application Server/Fusion Middleware security vulnerabilities are remotely exploitable without authentication with the highest CVSSv2 score being 10.0.  The vulnerabilities are in Oracle BI Publisher, Oracle Discoverer, Oracle Document Capture, Oracle GoldenGate Veridata, Oracle HTTP Server, Oracle JRockit, Oracle Outside In Technology, Oracle WebLogic Server, and Services for Beehive components.
• Integrigy will be presenting more information on this CPU in the following webinars: (1) Oracle January 2011 CPU E-Business Suite Impact Webinar Thursday, January 27, 2pm ET and (2) Oracle January 2011 CPU Oracle Database Impact Webinar Thursday, February 3, 2pm ET.

• There are 6 database vulnerabilities and 2 are remotely exploitable without authentication.
  
• Since at least one database vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 metric of 7.5 (practical maximum for a database vulnerability), this is a fairly important CPU.  Most likely, any database account, even a lowly privileged account, will be able to gain full-control of the database by exploiting the vulnerability.
• The components fixed by this CPU are not the usual suspects and several will not be implemented in many environments.  It will be interesting to see what the actual vulnerabilities are in these components: Client System Analyzer, Cluster Verify Utility, Database Vault, Oracle Spatial, Scheduler Agent, and UIX.

• There are 16 new Oracle Fusion Middleware vulnerabilities, 12 of which are remotely exploitable without authentication with the highest CVSS score being 10.0.
• Of critical importance will be the fixes in the Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle Web Logic Server.  All Oracle Fusion Middleware implementations should carefully review this CPU to determine the exact impact to your environment.

• There are 2 new Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and R12 vulnerabilities, both of which are remotely exploitable without authentication.
• The vulnerabilities are Oracle Application Object Library and Oracle Common Applications.  It is not clear if either of these modules can be exploited externally in DMZ implementations.
  

• We anticipate the criticality of this quarter's CPU will be in-line with previous CPUs.  The only exception may the significant number of Oracle Fusion Middleware remotely exploitable vulnerabilities, especially any in the Oracle HTTP Server.
  
• As with all previous CPUs, this quarter's security patches should be deemed critical and you should adhere to the established procedures and timing used for previous CPUs.
• Oracle E-Business Suite customers with externally facing implementations should carefully review the remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in Application Object Library to determine if these pages are blocked by the URL firewall.  If any of the vulnerable web pages are externally accessible, customers should look to immediately patch these environments.

• 11i and R12 differences and changes that impact security
• R12 security enhancements and new features
• Improving security throughout the R12 upgrade process