CVE-2009-1979

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 76.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-10-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Network Authentication component in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 and 10.2.0.4 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2009 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from an independent researcher that this is related to improper validation of the AUTH_SESSKEY parameter length that leads to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

Oracle Database: 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4

References

http://blogs.conus.info/node/28
http://osvdb.org/59110
http://secunia.com/advisories/37027
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507598/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36747
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023057
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html
http://blogs.conus.info/node/28
http://osvdb.org/59110
http://secunia.com/advisories/37027
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html

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