CVE-2018-3299 Denial of service in Text

What is CVE-2018-3299?

CVE-2018-3299 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Text, published on 17 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Text component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.2 and 12.2.0.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Text. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Text, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Text as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Text 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:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3299?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Text.

How do I fix CVE-2018-3299?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3299 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-2018-3299 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Corporation Text

• CVE-2020-14734 Other in Text High 8.1
• CVE-2021-2328 Privilege escalation in Text High 7.2
• CVE-2021-2045 Denial of service in Text Low 3.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-gh3w-j6fm-c4f7.