CVE-2009-3415
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 OLAP component in Oracle Database 9.2.0.8, 9.2.0.8DV, 10.1.0.5, and 10.2.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors.
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 the Oracle OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) component of Oracle Database versions 9.2.0.8 through 10.2.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to fully impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. With a CVSS score of 9, this represents a critical flaw enabling complete system compromise by any authenticated attacker.
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= 9.2.0.8= 9.2.0.8dv= 10.1.0.5= 10.2.0.3CVSS 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
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 V$INSTANCE; or sqlplus / as sysdba then SELECT * FROM V$VERSION;Affected if The version output shows 9.2.0.8, 9.2.0.8dv, 10.1.0.5, or 10.2.0.3 exactly matching one of the affected versions
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Verify OLAP component is installedQuery DBA_REGISTRY or run SELECT COMP_NAME, VERSION, STATUS FROM DBA_REGISTRY WHERE COMP_NAME LIKE '%OLAP%';Affected if OLAP is listed as INSTALLED with a non-null version, indicating the vulnerable component is present
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Check if OLAP is enabled for remote accessReview listener.ora and tnsnames.ora for OLAP service entries, and query SELECT VALUE FROM V$PARAMETER WHERE NAME='dispatchers'; to check for network dispatchersAffected if The OLAP service is configured for network listener access or dispatchers are enabled, allowing remote connections to the database
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Confirm presence of authenticated database usersQuery SELECT USERNAME FROM DBA_USERS WHERE ACCOUNT_STATUS='OPEN'; to list enabled user accountsAffected if There are any open database accounts that could provide remote authenticated access to an attacker
You are affected if your Oracle Database version exactly matches 9.2.0.8, 9.2.0.8dv, 10.1.0.5, or 10.2.0.3 AND the OLAP component is installed and network-accessible to authenticated 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 Update (CPU) for January 2009 or later, or upgrade to a supported Oracle Database version as the affected 9i/10g releases are obsolete. Restrict network access to database servers and limit OLAP component permissions until patching is completed.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2009-3415 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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