# CVE-2008-3990: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service in Oracle Database OLAP component via unspecified vulnerability.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4jhm-crx9-7qmm

## What is CVE-2008-3990?

CVE-2008-3990 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Oct 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle OLAP component in Oracle Database 9.2.08, 9.2.0.8DV, and 10.1.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to affect availability, related to OLAPSYS.CWM2_OLAP_AW_AWUTIL, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3991.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3990?

It affects 2 products.


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

## How do I fix CVE-2008-3990?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3990 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-3990 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3990 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2009-0985](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0985/): Other in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2008-2624](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2624/): Other in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2008-3989](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3989/): Other in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2009-0975](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0975/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2009-0976](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0976/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-3990 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-3990 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Oct 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3990 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3990/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3990/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3990
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3990
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3990

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