Description
Oracle 10g Database Server, when installed with a password that contains an exclamation point ("!") for the (1) DBSNMP or (2) SYSMAN user, generates an error that logs the password in the world-readable postDBCreation.log file, which could allow local users to obtain that password and use it against SYS or SYSTEM accounts, which may have been installed with the same password.
References
- 20041223 Oracle clear text passwords (#NISR2122004D) mailing-list
- VU#316206 third-party-advisory
- TA04-245A third-party-advisory
- http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/oracle23122004D.txt
- http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/pdf/2004alert68.pdf
- 101782 vendor-advisory