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Oracle Diagnostics Interfaces vulnerability

Vulnerability Note VU#940729

Original Release Date: 2006-04-20 | Last Revised: 2006-05-03

Overview

An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Diagnostics Interfaces may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to compromise system confidentiality and integrity.

Description

Oracle Diagnostics Interfaces contains a vulnerability. The details of this vulnerability are not clear. However, Oracle states this issue can allow a remote attacker to easily compromise system integrity and confidentiality. Note that an attacker does not need any valid authentication credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

This issue is identified as Oracle vuln# APPS09 in the Oracle Critical Patch Update for April 2006.

Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able gain access to, and modify sensitive information in an Oracle database.

Solution

Apply patches
This issue is corrected in the Oracle Critical Patch Update for April 2006.

Vendor Information

940729
 

Oracle Corporation Affected

Updated:  April 20, 2006

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Refer to http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/pdf/cpuapr2006.html.

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References

Acknowledgements

This vulnerability was reported in the Oracle Critical Patch Update for April 2006. Refer to the Critical Patch Update for a list of reporters credited by Oracle.

This document was written by Jeff Gennari.

Other Information

CVE IDs: None
Severity Metric: 8.61
Date Public: 2006-04-18
Date First Published: 2006-04-20
Date Last Updated: 2006-05-03 13:06 UTC
Document Revision: 16

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