CVE-2017-10051 Denial of service in Outside In Technology

Medium 5.7 Published 19 Oct 2017 Updated 4 Oct 2024

A low-privileged attacker on the local network can cause a complete denial of service in Oracle Outside In Technology by triggering a crash.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2017-10051?

CVE-2017-10051 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Outside in Technology, published on 19 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Outside In Filters). The supported version that is affected is 8.5.3.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the Oracle Outside In Technology executes to compromise Oracle Outside In Technology. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Outside In Technology. Note: Outside In Technology is a suite of software development kits (SDKs). The protocol and CVSS score depend on the software that uses the Outside In Technology code. The CVSS score assumes that the software passes data received over a network directly to Outside In Technology code, but if data is not received over a network the CVSS score may be lower. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10051?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Outside in Technology.

How do I fix CVE-2017-10051?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-10051 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-2017-10051 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10051 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-xmfr-f53v-mxcp.