CVE-2017-10141 Denial of service in Outside In Technology

High 8.2 Published 8 Aug 2017 Updated 4 Oct 2024

Unauthenticated attackers can cause a complete denial of service and modify data in Oracle Outside In Technology via HTTP requests.

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-2017-10141?

CVE-2017-10141 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Outside in Technology, published on 8 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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 unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP 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 as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Outside In Technology accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.2 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10141?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Outside in Technology.

How do I fix CVE-2017-10141?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-10141 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-2017-10141 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10141 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-p7w3-cp88-482c.