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CVE-2001-0499: Oracle8i: Privilege escalation

CVE-2001-0499 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Oracle8i. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Buffer overflow in Transparent Network Substrate (TNS) Listener in Oracle 8i 8.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a long argument to the commands (1) STATUS, (2) PING, (3) SERVICES, (4) TRC_FILE, (5) SAVE_CONFIG, or (6) RELOAD.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
• Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
• Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
• Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
• Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
• Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

• Oracle8i: up to and including 8.1.7

References

• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-16.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/620495
• http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/050.asp
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2941
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6758