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False positive in 2650.2 (ORACLE user name buffer overflow attempt): msg#00171

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Subject: False positive in 2650.2 (ORACLE user name buffer overflow attempt)


Rule: ORACLE user name buffer overflow attempt

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Sid: 2650

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By no means I would see myself as an expert on SQL*Net but I have
a suspicion that 2650 has a false positive because it looks for user
name header "(user=" and then for a non-presence of a double quote.
My speculation is that it should be perhaps looking for a non-presence
of a closing parenthesis.

This is the relevant extract from a false positive:

(DESCRIPTION=(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=foo)(CID=(PROGRAM=)(HOST=__jdbc__)(USER=)))


I can provide a pcap if really necessary.


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