CVE-2009-1979 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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: 2009-10-22

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 85.7% 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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:10.1.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:10.2.0.4:::::::*

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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 Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.85749.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://blogs.conus.info/node/28
http://osvdb.org/59110
http://secunia.com/advisories/37027
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507598/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36747
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023057
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html

History

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Subscriptions

Oracle Database Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published: 2009-10-22T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:36:20.587Z

Reserved: 2009-06-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1979

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-10-22T18:30:00.390

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

Link: CVE-2009-1979

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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