CVE-2001-0518 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle database listeners by sending incomplete fragmented commands, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- 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-2001-0518?
CVE-2001-0518 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Oracle9i, published on 9 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Oracle listener before Oracle 9i allows attackers to cause a denial of service by repeatedly sending the first portion of a fragmented Oracle command without sending the remainder of the command, which causes the listener to hang.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0518?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Oracle9i.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0518?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0518 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-2001-0518 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0518 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Oracle9i
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fhxw-w85p-hp94.