CVE-2008-5445
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 Secure Backup component in Oracle Secure Backup 10.2.0.2 allows remote attackers to affect availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the January 2009 CPU. Oracle has not commented on reliable researcher claims that this issue is a denial of service in observiced.exe via malformed private Protocol data that triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
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 confidenceDenial of service vulnerability in Oracle Secure Backup 10.2.0.2 where malformed private Protocol data sent to the observiced.exe component triggers a NULL pointer dereference, causing the service to become unavailable.
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= 10.2.0.2CVSS 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
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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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Verify Oracle Secure Backup installationCheck for Oracle Secure Backup installation by looking for the product directory (typically in Oracle\Oracle Secure Backup or similar) or check Windows Services for 'Oracle Secure Backup' serviceAffected if Oracle Secure Backup is not installed on the system
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Check installed versionLocate the Oracle Secure Backup version information - typically found in the installation directory or via the 'obtool --version' command if obtool is availableAffected if The installed version is 10.2.0.2 (exact match)
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Confirm observiced.exe component is presentCheck for the presence of observiced.exe in the Oracle Secure Backup installation directory (usually in the 'bin' or 'server' subfolder)Affected if observiced.exe exists and the service is configured to run
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Verify observiced service statusCheck if the Oracle Secure Backup observiced service is running (via Windows Services, Task Manager, or 'sc query observice' command)Affected if The observiced service is running and accepting network connections on its configured port (default typically 10071)
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Assess network exposureCheck which network interfaces and ports the observiced.exe service is listening on - verify if it is exposed to untrusted networksAffected if The observiced service is accessible from network segments that could send malicious Protocol data
You are affected if Oracle Secure Backup version 10.2.0.2 is installed and the observiced.exe service is running and accessible on the network.
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) January 2009 or upgrade to a supported version of Oracle Secure Backup that addresses this vulnerability.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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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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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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