CVE-2023-21925 Denial of service in Health Sciences InForm

Medium 5.3 Published 18 Apr 2023 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Unauthenticated attackers can cause partial denial of service in Oracle Health Sciences InForm 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-2023-21925?

CVE-2023-21925 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Health Sciences InForm, published on 18 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Health Sciences InForm product of Oracle Health Sciences Applications (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.3.1.3 and Prior to 7.0.0.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Health Sciences InForm. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Health Sciences InForm. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21925?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Health Sciences Inform.

How do I fix CVE-2023-21925?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21925 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-2023-21925 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c492-fr35-c3wf.