# CVE-2016-3494: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can disrupt availability of Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center via OS Provisioning vectors, requiring administrators to apply vendor patches.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jul 2016
- **Updated:** 11 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6j6w-9vjv-m957

## What is CVE-2016-3494?

CVE-2016-3494 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center, published on 21 Jul 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Enterprise Manager Ops Center component in Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 12.1.4, 12.2.2, and 12.3.2 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to OS Provisioning.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3494?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-3494?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3494 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-3494 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3494 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center

- [CVE-2018-2976](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2976/): Missing authorization in Enterprise Manager Ops Center (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2018-2742](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2742/): Missing authorization in Enterprise Manager Ops Center (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2019-2726](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2726/): Denial of service in Enterprise Manager Ops Center (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2021-1999](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1999/): Missing authorization in Sun ZFS Storage Appliance Kit (AK) Software (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2019-2728](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-2728/): Missing authorization in Enterprise Manager Ops Center (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-3494 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-3494 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center, published on 21 Jul 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3494 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center. 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-2016-3494/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3494/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3494
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3494
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3494

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