CVE-2002-0965
highpriority · attend · 64EPSS 0.698 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (2)
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- EDB-16341Oracle 8i - TNS Listener SERVICE_NAME Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- exploit/windows/oracle/tns_service_nameOracle 8i TNS Listener SERVICE_NAME Buffer Overflowfunctional · metasploit
affected products (4)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (12)
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- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0096.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276526enisa_euvd
- http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/net9_dos_alert.pdfenisa_euvd
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9288.phpenisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/630091enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4845enisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0096.htmlnvd
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276526nvd
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