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Fuzzing for Oracle database vulnerabilities

By | February 4, 2009, 1:34pm PST

Summary: Database security vendor Sentrigo has released an open-source fuzz testing tool to help pinpoint security-related coding deficiencies in Oracle databases. The tool, called FuzzOr, runs on Oracle 8i and is aimed at PL/SQL programmers and DBAs looking to find and eliminate vulnerabilities that may be exploited via SQL injection and buffer overflow attacks — the most [...]

Database security vendor Sentrigo has released an open-source fuzz testing tool to help pinpoint security-related coding deficiencies in Oracle databases.

The tool, called FuzzOr, runs on Oracle 8i and is aimed at PL/SQL programmers and DBAs looking to find and eliminate vulnerabilities that may be exploited via SQL injection and buffer overflow attacks — the most common techniques used to launch hacker attacks on databases.

[ SEE: Hacker finds 492,000 unprotected Oracle, SQL database servers ]

From Sentrigo’s announcement:

  • A dynamic scanning tool, FuzzOr enables DBAs and security pros to test PL/SQL code inside Oracle-stored program units. Once vulnerabilities are detected by FuzzOr, a programmer can then repair the PL/SQL code.

Pete Finnigan, who had a look at FuzzOr prior to today’s release, explains the nitty-gritty of how it works:

  • It’s written in PL/SQL, tests PL/SQL packages, functions and procedures and is driven by a set of database tables to hold the configuration and the results. The idea is that you can target a particular package or a complete schema.
  • The nature of a fuzzer is that it sends random input to a particular function or procedure so its running that code hoping to crash it. Therefore do not run this tool on a production database or any database that you do not want to damage.

The tool is available as a free download (registration required).

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Ryan Naraine is a journalist and social media enthusiast specializing in Internet and computer security issues.

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The most important disclosure is of my employment with Kaspersky Lab as a member of the global research and analysis team. Kaspersky Lab is a global company specializing in anti-malware and secure content management technologies. I do not own stocks or other investments in any technology company.

Biography

Ryan Naraine

Ryan Naraine is a journalist and social media enthusiast specializing in Internet and computer security issues. He is currently security evangelist at Kaspersky Lab, an anti-malware company with operations around the globe. He is taking a leadership role in developing the company's online community initiative around secure content management technologies.

Prior to joining Kaspersky Lab, Ryan was Editor-at-Large/Security at eWEEK, leading the magazine's and Web site's coverage of Internet and computer security issues and managing the popular SecurityWatch blog, covering the daily threats, vulnerabilities and IT security technologies. He also covered IT security, hacker attacks and secure content management topics for Jupiter Media's internetnetnews.com.

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