Vulnerability in Oracle Database Server
CVE-2009-1979
Unspecified vulnerability in the Network Authentication component in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 and 10.2.0.4 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2009 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from an independent researcher that this is related to improper validation of the AUTH_SESSKEY parameter length that leads to arbitrary code execution.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.764 (99.5th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.764 · newest: 0.764 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Oracle Database Server — versions 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- blogs.conus.info/node/28
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507598/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/37027 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36747 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/59110 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-1979?
- CVE-2009-1979 is a vulnerability in Oracle Database Server. Published 2009-10-22.
- Is CVE-2009-1979 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.