Vulnerability Note VU#870172

Oracle Database Net Listener vulnerability

Overview

An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Net Listener may allow a remote attacker to compromise system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

I. Description

Oracle Net Listener contains a vulnerability.The details of this vulnerability are not clear. However, Oracle states this issue can allow an attacker to easily compromise system availability. In addition, system confidentiality and integrity may be at risk, but Oracle specifies that compromising confidentiality and integrity is difficult.

This issue is identified as DB09 in the Oracle CPU for January 2006.

II. Impact

A remote attacker may be able to may be able gain access to, and modify sensitive information, or cause a denial-of-service condition.

III. Solution

Apply patches

This issue is corrected in the Oracle Critical Patch Update for January 2006.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Notified	Date Updated
Oracle Corporation	Vulnerable	25-Jan-2006

References

http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/pdf/cpujan2006.html
http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_cpu_jan_2006.html
http://www.integrigy.com/info/IntegrigySecurityAnalysis-CPU0106.pdf

Credit

This vulnerability was reported in the Oracle Critical Patch Update for January 2006. Information in this document came from Oracle, Alexander Kornbrust of Red-database Security, and Integrigy.

This document was written by Jeff Gennari.

Other Information

Date Public:	2006-01-17
Date First Published:	2006-01-25
Date Last Updated:	2006-01-25
CERT Advisory:
CVE-ID(s):	CVE-2006-0263
NVD-ID(s):	CVE-2006-0263
US-CERT Technical Alerts:
Metric:	4.72
Document Revision:	9

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