CVE-2001-0498 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 27 Jul 2001 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle 8i by sending a malformed SQLNet connection request with a large header offset.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2001-0498?

CVE-2001-0498 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jul 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Transparent Network Substrate (TNS) over Net8 (SQLNet) in Oracle 8i 8.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed SQLNet connection request with a large offset in the header extension.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0498?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Oracle8i.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0498?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0498 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2001-0498 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0498 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m2wr-gcf2-334f.