CVE-2008-3979 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Spatial component in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 and 10.2.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the January 2009 CPU. Oracle has not commented on reliable researcher claims that this issue is a SQL injection vulnerability that allows remote authenticated users to gain MDSYS privileges via the MDSYS.SDO_TOPO_DROP_FTBL trigger.

Published: 2009-01-14

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: 51.6% 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:database_10g:10.1.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_10g:10.2.0.2:::::::*

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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 Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.51598.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/51354
http://secunia.com/advisories/33525
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2009-097901.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500061/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33177
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021561
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0115
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8074

History

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Subscriptions

Oracle Database 10g

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published: 2009-01-14T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:00:41.930Z

Reserved: 2008-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3979

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-01-14T01:30:00.453

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3979

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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