CVE-2001-0499

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Published Jul 27, 2001 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 85.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Buffer overflow in Transparent Network Substrate (TNS) Listener in Oracle 8i 8.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a long argument to the commands (1) STATUS, (2) PING, (3) SERVICES, (4) TRC_FILE, (5) SAVE_CONFIG, or (6) RELOAD.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle8i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 85.2% (85.201% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-16.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/620495
http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/050.asp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2941
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6758

History

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Subscriptions

Oracle Oracle8i

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:21 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 27, 2001, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:21 AM
Reserved: Jun 5, 2001, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:54 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 21, 2001, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:54 PM

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