CVE-2020-14741 Denial of service in Database - Enterprise Edition
High-privileged attackers can cause a complete denial of service in Oracle Database Filesystem via network access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-14741?
CVE-2020-14741 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Database - Enterprise Edition, published on 21 Oct 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Vulnerability in the Database Filesystem 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 high privileged attacker having Resource, Create Table, Create View, Create Procedure, Dbfs_role privilege with network access via Oracle Net to compromise Database Filesystem. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Database Filesystem. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14741?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Database Filesystem.
How do I fix CVE-2020-14741?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14741 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-2020-14741 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14741 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pr5x-m96q-w2jh.