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Oracle Database: Critical Patch Update - October 2019 (CVE-2019-2956)

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Oracle Database: Critical Patch Update - October 2019 (CVE-2019-2956)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/15/2019
Created
10/18/2019
Added
10/17/2019
Modified
07/21/2021

Description

Vulnerability in the Core RDBMS (jackson-databind) component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18c and 19c. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker having Create Session privilege with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Core RDBMS (jackson-databind). Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Core RDBMS (jackson-databind). CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Solution(s)

  • oracle-apply-oct-2019-cpu

References

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