Overview
A buffer overflow in an unspecified Oracle Client utility may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.
Description
According to Oracle: One vulnerability (DBC02) is in a utility that can be forced to terminate if given long arguments, potentially allowing code of an attacker's choice to be executed. However, this utility is not installed with setuid (elevated) privileges, so the risk that it can be effectively exploited is very low. |
Impact
An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. |
Solution
Apply patches |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported by Oracle and Joxean Koret.
This document was written by Jeff Gennari.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-0283 |
| Severity Metric: | 5.91 |
| Date Public: | 2006-01-17 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-01-20 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-01-20 19:46 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 22 |