CVE-2001-0515 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle Database Listener by sending a malformed connection packet with a large offset value.

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-2001-0515?

CVE-2001-0515 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Database Server, published on 27 Jul 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Oracle Listener in Oracle 7.3 and 8i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed connection packet with a large offset_to_data value.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0515?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Oracle Database Server, Oracle Oracle8i.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0515?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0515 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-2001-0515 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0515 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-8j96-c82h-gg6h.

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