CVE-2021-2449 Denial of service in Outside In Technology
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-2021-2449?
CVE-2021-2449 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Outside in Technology, published on 20 Jul 2021. 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 product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Outside In Filters). The supported version that is affected is 8.5.5. 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 Base Score depend on the software that uses Outside In Technology. The CVSS score assumes that the software passes data received over a network directly to Outside In Technology, but if data is not received over a network the CVSS score may be lower. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-2449?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Outside in Technology.
How do I fix CVE-2021-2449?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-2449 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-2021-2449 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-2449 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Outside in Technology
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g25c-x8w3-q6j5.