CVE-2017-3267 Denial of service in Outside In Technology

High 7.5 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can cause a complete denial of service in Oracle Outside In Technology via network access.

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-2017-3267?

CVE-2017-3267 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Outside in Technology, published on 27 Jan 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). Supported versions that are affected are 8.5.2 and 8.5.3. 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. 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 v3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3267?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Outside in Technology.

How do I fix CVE-2017-3267?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3267 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-2017-3267 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3267 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Outside in Technology vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vw4g-j3vp-w855.

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