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Oracle Applications Passwords Decryption Vulnerability
This article from Johan Louwers Personal Blog “my view on the IT world”
The article direct link Oracle Applications Passwords Decryption Vulnerability
Summary
Oracle Applications is currently one of the leading ERP systems and used by medium and large sized companies around the world. As those companies base their trust in this ERP platform for their day-to-day business, they also put their trust in the way Oracle Applications handles the security and authentication. If this trust is based on hard facts or upon a feeling is questionable, looking at the authentication mechanism it comes to mind that this trust is based upon a feeling.