CVE-2010-3501
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 OID component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 10.1.2.3, 10.1.4.3, and 11.1.1.2.0 allows remote attackers to affect 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 · low confidenceOracle Internet Directory (OID) component in Oracle Fusion Middleware versions 10.1.2.3, 10.1.4.3, and 11.1.1.2.0 contains an unspecified vulnerability allowing remote attackers to impact system availability, likely through a denial-of-service mechanism.
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= 10.1.2.3= 10.1.4.3= 11.1.1.2.0CVSS 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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Identify Oracle Fusion Middleware installationLocate Oracle Fusion Middleware installation directory and determine if the product is deployed in your environment. Common locations include $ORACLE_HOME directories under Oracle middleware home.Affected if Oracle Fusion Middleware is present on the system
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Check Oracle Fusion Middleware versionUse Oracle inventory commands (such as 'opatch lsinventory' or checking the installation logs/readme files) to retrieve the exact version number of the installed Oracle Fusion Middleware software.Affected if The installed version matches 10.1.2.3, 10.1.4.3, or 11.1.1.2.0 exactly
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Verify Oracle Internet Directory (OID) component is presentCheck if the Oracle Internet Directory component is installed within the Fusion Middleware environment. This can be done by examining the installed components via Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle Universal Installer, or by checking for OID-specific directories and processes.Affected if Oracle Internet Directory (OID) component is installed and configured
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Confirm OID processes are runningCheck for running Oracle Internet Directory processes (oidldap, oidmon, or similar) on the server using system process listing commands.Affected if OID processes are active in the environment
Your environment is affected if Oracle Fusion Middleware version 10.1.2.3, 10.1.4.3, or 11.1.1.2.0 is installed AND the Oracle Internet Directory component is present and running.
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 the relevant Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2010 that addresses this OID vulnerability, or upgrade to a patched version of Oracle Fusion Middleware.
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- Testing6.0 h
- 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2010-3501 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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