CVE-2008-2595 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle Internet Directory by sending a malformed LDAP request that triggers a null pointer dereference.

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-2008-2595?

CVE-2008-2595 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Internet Directory component in Oracle Application Server 9.0.4.3, 10.1.2.3, and 10.1.4.2 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the Oracle July 2008 CPU. Oracle has not commented on reliable researcher claims that this issue is a denial of service (crash) via a malformed LDAP request that triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2595?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Database 9i.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2595?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2595 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-2595 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-2595 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rwwf-h3vf-px76.

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