CVE-2008-3995
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 · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability in the Change Data Capture component in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4, and 11.1.0.6 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity, related to DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.
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.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceVulnerability in Oracle Database's Change Data Capture (CDC) component related to the DBMS_CUBLISH package. Allows remote authenticated users to impact confidentiality and integrity through unspecified vectors in the CDC publishing functionality.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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= 10.1.0.5= 10.2.0.4= 11.1.0.6CVSS 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
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Oracle Database versionRun SELECT VERSION FROM PRODUCT_COMPONENT_VERSION WHERE PRODUCT LIKE 'Oracle Database%'; or look at $ORACLE_HOME/oratab, or lsnrctl status outputAffected if Version is 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4, or 11.1.0.6 exactly as listed in affected versions
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Verify Change Data Capture component existsQuery SELECT * FROM DBA_OBJECTS WHERE OBJECT_NAME LIKE 'DBMS_CDC%'; or check if user has access to CDC packagesAffected if DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH or DBMS_CUBLISH package exists in the database schema
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Check execute privileges on CDC publishing packageRun SELECT GRANTEE, TABLE_NAME, PRIVILEGE FROM DBA_TAB_PRIVS WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE 'DBMS_CDC%'; to see who can execute the packageAffected if PUBLIC or untrusted users have EXECUTE privilege on DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH or DBMS_CUBLISH package
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Verify if CDC publishing feature is in useQuery SELECT * FROM ALL_SOURCE WHERE NAME LIKE 'DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH%'; or check for any change tables created by querying USER_TABLES for tables in change schemaAffected if Change Data Capture change tables or subscriptions exist in the database
User is affected if their Oracle Database version matches exactly 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4, or 11.1.0.6 AND the Change Data Capture (DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH) component is installed and accessible to the database users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Oracle Critical Patch Updates for the affected versions (10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4, 11.1.0.6). If Change Data Capture is not required in the environment, consider disabling the DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH package or restricting execute privileges to minimize attack surface.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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