CVE-2002-0559

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-07-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflows in PL/SQL module 3.0.9.8.2 in Oracle 9i Application Server 1.0.2.x allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via (1) a long help page request without a dadname, which overflows the resulting HTTP Location header, (2) a long HTTP request to the plsql module, (3) a long password in the HTTP Authorization, (4) a long Access Descriptor (DAD) password in the addadd form, or (5) a long cache directory name.

Affected products

Oracle Application Server: 1.0.2
Oracle Application Server Web Cache: 2.0.0.0, 2.0.0.1, 2.0.0.2, 2.0.0.3
Oracle8I: 8.1.7, 8.1.7.1
Oracle9I: 9.0, 9.0.1

References

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/254426
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/ias_modplsql_alert.pdf
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-08.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/313280
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659043
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/750299
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/878603
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/923395
http://www.nextgenss.com/papers/hpoas.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4032
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8095
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8096

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