CVE-2007-5506

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-10-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The Core RDBMS component in Oracle Database 9.0.1.5+, 9.2.0.8, 9.2.0.8DV, 10.1.0.5, and 10.2.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted type 6 Data packet, aka DB20.

Affected products

Oracle Database: 9.0.1.5, 9.2.0.8, 9.2.0.8dv, 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.3

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119332677525918&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/27251
http://secunia.com/advisories/27409
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3244
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2007-092913.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482424/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018823
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-290A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3524
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3626
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119332677525918&w=2

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