PT-2001-2000 · Oracle · Oracle

Published 2001-11-22 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2001-0832

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle versions 8.0.x through 9.0.1

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, possibly via a symlink attack or incorrect file permissions in the ORACLE HOME/rdbms/log directory or an alternate directory as specified in the ORACLE HOME environmental variable.

Recommendations For Oracle versions 8.0.x through 9.0.1, consider restricting write access to the ORACLE HOME/rdbms/log directory and any alternate directories specified in the ORACLE HOME environmental variable to prevent arbitrary file overwrites. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0832

Affected Products

Oracle

References · 4

• http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/oracle_race.pdf · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0832 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-0832 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100386756715645&w=2 · Note