Article: Oracle password system comes under fire
Data base Administrators should watch for further developments as this weakness will most likely be corrected in the future.
Article: Oracle password system comes under fire
QUOTE: Attackers could easily uncover Oracle database users'passwords because of a weak protection mechanism, putting corporate data at risk of exposure, experts have warned.
The technique Oracle uses to store and encrypt user passwords doesn't provide sufficient security, said Joshua Wright of the SANS Institute and Carlos Sid of Royal Holloway college, University of London.