CVE-2010-3593
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 Health Sciences - Oracle Argus Safety component in Oracle Industry Applications 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, and 5.0.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Login and LDAP.
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 confidenceThis is an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Argus Safety (versions 5.0-5.0.3) affecting the Login functionality with LDAP integration. Remote unauthenticated attackers can impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability through unknown vectors in the LDAP authentication pathway.
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 dataall versions= 5.0= 5.0.1= 5.0.2= 5.0.3CVSS 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
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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 if Oracle Argus Safety is installedCheck for Oracle Argus Safety installation directories (commonly in C:\Oracle\ or C:\Program Files\Oracle\), look for the Argus Safety service in Windows Services, or check registry keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle for Argus Safety entriesAffected if Oracle Argus Safety software is present on the system
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Determine the installed version of Oracle Argus SafetyCheck the About or version information within the Argus Safety application, or look in the installation directory for version files, or query the Oracle database that supports Argus Safety for version metadataAffected if The installed version is 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, or 5.0.3
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Verify if LDAP integration is enabledCheck the Argus Safety configuration files (typically in the config directory of the installation) for LDAP settings, or access the Argus Safety Administrator console and review the Authentication configuration to determine if LDAP authentication is configuredAffected if LDAP integration is configured and enabled for user authentication
A user is affected if Oracle Argus Safety versions 5.0 through 5.0.3 is installed with LDAP authentication enabled.
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 January 2011 that addresses CVE-2010-3593, or upgrade to a supported version of Oracle Argus Safety that is no longer vulnerable.
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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-2010-3593 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- 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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