Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-0857
CVE-2002-0857
Description
Format string vulnerabilities in Oracle Listener Control utility (lsnrctl) for Oracle 9.2 and 9.0, 8.1, and 7.3.4, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the Oracle DBA system by placing format strings into certain entries in the listener.ora configuration file.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:7.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:7.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle8i:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 7.3.4, 8.1, 9.0, 9.2
Patches
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References
6- otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2002alert40rev1.pdfnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/301059nvdUS Government Resource
- marc.infonvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/ora-lsnrfmtstr.txtnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5460nvd
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