CVE-2009-1979
highpriority · attend · 77EPSS 0.764 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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exploits (3)
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- EDB-16342Oracle 10gR2 - TNS Listener AUTH_SESSKEY Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
affected products (3)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (16)
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- http://blogs.conus.info/node/28enisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/59110enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37027enisa_euvd
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507598/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36747enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023057enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.htmlenisa_euvd
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