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CVE-2009-1979 Oracle Database Server

Affected softwareOracle Database Server
Severity10.0 High CVSS 2.0
Published22 Oct 2009
Updated16 Jun 2026

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.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 3 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB, Metasploit; first seen 2009-10-30.
  • EPSS 76% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs.
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Oracle 10gR2 - TNS Listener AUTH_SESSKEY Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) 2010-11-24
Exploit-DB Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 < 10.2.0.4 - AUTH_SESSKEY Length Validation Remote Buffer Overflow 2009-10-30
Metasploit Oracle 10gR2 TNS Listener AUTH_SESSKEY Buffer Overflow (great rank)

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

1 product, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd oracle database server generic 10.1.0.5 · 10.2.0.4

References

URLTags
http://blogs.conus.info/node/28
http://osvdb.org/59110
http://secunia.com/advisories/37027
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507598/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36747
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023057
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html US Government Resource

Timeline

Published2009-10-22By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.