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CVE-2006-0271

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-01-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Upgrade & Downgrade component of Oracle Database server 8.1.7.4, 9.0.1.5, 9.2.0.7, and 10.1.0.4 has unspecified impact and attack vectors, as identified by Oracle Vuln# DB28. NOTE: details are unavailable from Oracle, but they have not publicly disputed a claim by a reliable independent researcher that states that the problem is SQL injection in the DBMS_REGISTRY package in certain parameters to the (1) IS_COMPONENT, (2) GET_COMP_OPTION, (3) DISABLE_DDL_TRIGGERS, (4) SCRIPT_EXISTS, (5) COMP_PATH, (6) GATHER_STATS, (7) NOTHING_SCRIPT, and (8) VALIDATE_COMPONENTS functions.

Affected products

• Oracle Database: 8.1.7.4
• Oracle10G: enterprise_10.1.0.4, personal_10.1.0.4, standard_10.1.0.4
• Oracle8I: enterprise_8.1.7.4, standard_8.1.7.4
• Oracle9I: enterprise_9.0.1.5, standard_9.2.0.7

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18493
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18608
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015499
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/545804
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2006-082403.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/22566
• http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_cpu_jan_2006.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16287
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0243
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0323
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24321
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18493

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