What is CVE-2024-20995?

CVE-2024-20995 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oracle Database Server, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 2.4/10. Published 2024-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-20995?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oracle Database Server

CVE-2024-20995

Vulnerability in the Oracle Database Sharding component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are 19.3-19.22 and 21.3-21.13. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker having DBA privilege with network access via Oracle Net to compromise Oracle Database Sharding. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Database Sharding. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 2.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

EPSS: 0.005 (41.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.4 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Oracle Database_server
Oracle Corporation Database - Enterprise Edition — versions 19.3, 21.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-20995?: CVE-2024-20995 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oracle Database Server, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 2.4/10. Published 2024-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-20995?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.4 out of 10.