Oracle JDeveloper Plaintext Passwords

Name Oracle JDeveloper Plaintext Passwords
Systems Affected Oracle JDeveloper 9.0.4, 9.0.5, 10.1.2
Severity Low Risk
Category Information Disclosure of Passwords
Vendor URL http://www.oracle.com
Author Alexander Kornbrust (ak at red-database-security.com)
Date 13 July 2005 (V 1.00)
Advisory AKSEC2003-006
Oracle Vuln# AS10
Time to fix 148 days

Details
The JDeveloper configuration files IDEConnections.xml, XSQLConfig.xml and settings.xml contain unencrypted database passwords.

Example

1. Plaintext-Password in IDEConnections.xml

<connection>
<JDBC_PORT>1521</JDBC_PORT>
<ConnectionType>JDBC</ConnectionType>
<HOSTNAME>picard</HOSTNAME>
<DeployPassword>true</DeployPassword>
<user>system</user>
<ConnectionName>ConnectionAlex2</ConnectionName>
<SID>ora10103</SID>
<JdbcDriver>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</JdbcDriver>
<password>mysupersecretpassword1</password>
<ORACLE_JDBC_TYPE>thin</ORACLE_JDBC_TYPE>
</connection>

2. Plaintext-Password in XSQLConfig.xml

<connection name="ConnectionAlex1">
<username>system</username>
<password>mysupersecretpassword1</password>
<dburl>jdbc:oracle:oci8:@(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=picard)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=ora10103)))</dburl>
<driver>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</driver>
</connection>

3. Plaintext-Password of OTN Account in settings.xml

<Item>
<Key>oracle.ideimpl.update.wizard.AuthInfo</Key>
<Value class="oracle.ideimpl.update.wizard.AuthInfo">
<password>mysupersecretpassword1</password>
<passwordRemembered>true</passwordRemembered>
<userName>[email protected]</userName>
</Value>
</Item>

Patch Information
Apply patches for Jdeveloper and / or DeveloperSuite mentioned in Metalink Note 311038 on your Jdeveloper / DeveloperSuite Installation (normally your client PC).

History
14-feb-2005 Oracle secalert was informed
14-feb-2005 Bug confirmed
12-jul-2005 Oracle published Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2005
12-jul-2005 Red-Database-Security published this advisory