CVE-2002-0965 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in TNS Listener for Oracle 9i Database Server on Windows systems, and Oracle 8 on VM, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long SERVICE_NAME parameter, which is not properly handled when writing an error message to a log file.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 74.6% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle9i:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle9i:9.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle9i:9.0.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.74649.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0096.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276526
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/net9_dos_alert.pdf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9288.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/630091
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4845

History

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Subscriptions

Oracle Oracle9i

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:12:15.562Z

Reserved: 2002-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0965

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-10-04T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0965

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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