Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-1979
CVE-2009-1979
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.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:10.1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:10.1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:10.2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4
Patches
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References
8- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- blogs.conus.info/node/28nvd
- osvdb.org/59110nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/37027nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507598/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36747nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
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