Database ServerDatabase / datastore · Oracle

CVE-2006-5336

HIGH · 9.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2006-10-18
Patch available
A vendor patch is available. No clean upgrade release — apply the published patch.
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96/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Change Data Capture (CDC) component in Oracle Database 9.2.0.7, 10.1.0.5, and have unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors related to (1) sys.dbms_cdc_ipublish (Vuln# DB05) and (2) sys.dbms_cdc_isubscribe (DB06). NOTE: as of 20061023, Oracle has not disputed reports from reliable third parties that DB05 is for SQL injection in CREATE_CHANGE_TABLE and CHANGE_TABLE_TRIGGER, and DB06 is for PL/SQL injection in the PREPARE_UNBOUNDED_VIEW procedure.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Database ServerDatabase / datastore
Affected:= 9.2.0.7= 10.1.0.5= 10.2.0.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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dbcve · scoped
Patch available Apply the vendor patch
Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Oracle Database 11g Release 2 or later (which deprecated the vulnerable CDC packages in favor of Oracle GoldenGate)

  1. 1. Apply Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2006 or later, which addresses CVE-2006-5336 for the Change Data Capture (CDC) component.
  2. 2. Verify the patch has been applied by querying SELECT * FROM dba_registry_history; or checking opatch lsinventory.
  3. 3. As an immediate mitigation, revoke execute privileges on sys.dbms_cdc_ipublish and sys.dbms_cdc_isubscribe from non-privileged users using: REVOKE EXECUTE ON sys.dbms_cdc_ipublish FROM <user>; and REVOKE EXECUTE ON sys.dbms_cdc_isubscribe FROM <user>;
  4. 4. If CDC functionality is required, create restricted database roles with minimal necessary privileges and grant those instead of direct execute on the packages.
  5. 5. Restrict network access to the Oracle listener and database ports to trusted hosts only.
Caveat Upgrading from Oracle 9i/10g to 11g or later may require application changes as deprecated features and PL/SQL packages may have compatibility issues; ensure thorough testing in non-production environment before upgrading production systems

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