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.
EPSS: 0.764 (99.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Oracle Database_server — versions 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, 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.