CVE-2008-4015
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 Oracle Streams component in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity, related to SYS.DBMS_STREAMS_AUTH.
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 confidenceUnspecified vulnerability in Oracle Streams component (SYS.DBMS_STREAMS_AUTH) in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to impact confidentiality and integrity. The exact exploitation mechanism is not detailed in available records.
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= 10.1.0.5CVSS 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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Check Oracle Database versionExecute: SELECT * FROM v$version; or SELECT banner FROM v$version WHERE banner LIKE 'Oracle%';Affected if The version shown is exactly 10.1.0.5 (Oracle Database 10g Release 10.1.0.5)
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Verify Oracle Streams component is presentQuery: SELECT comp_name, version, status FROM dba_registry WHERE comp_name LIKE '%Streams%';Affected if The Streams component exists and is VALID (vulnerability requires this component to be available)
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Check if DBMS_STREAMS_AUTH is accessibleQuery: SELECT owner, object_name, object_type FROM dba_objects WHERE object_name = 'DBMS_STREAMS_AUTH';Affected if The package SYS.DBMS_STREAMS_AUTH exists in the database
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Verify remote authentication is enabledCheck initialization parameters: SELECT value FROM v$parameter WHERE name = 'remote_os_authent'; Check listener.ora for REMOTE_OS_AUTHENT parameter.Affected if remote_os_authent is set to TRUE, allowing remote authenticated connections that could exploit this flaw
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Confirm database user privileges on Streams packagesQuery: SELECT grantee, privilege, table_name FROM dba_tab_privs WHERE table_name = 'DBMS_STREAMS_AUTH';Affected if Non-privileged authenticated users have execute privileges on DBMS_STREAMS_AUTH, enabling the attack vector
You are affected if your Oracle Database is exactly version 10.1.0.5 and Oracle Streams (DBMS_STREAMS_AUTH) is present and accessible to authenticated users, particularly over remote connections.
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 Update (CPU) for October 2008 or migrate to a supported Oracle Database version that includes the fix.
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2008-4015 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- 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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