Fusion MiddlewareApplication · Oracle

CVE-2013-3776

MEDIUM · 6.8 CVSS v2.0 Published 2013-07-17
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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77/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.3.7, 8.4.0, and 8.4.1 allows context-dependent attackers to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Outside In Filters, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-3781.

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 confidence

Oracle Outside In Technology (a document filtering SDK) contains an unspecified vulnerability in versions 8.3.7, 8.4.0, and 8.4.1 within the Outside In Filters component. The vulnerability allows context-dependent attackers to impact system availability, likely through malformed document processing that causes the filter to crash or become unresponsive.

MitigationApply the Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for July 2013 that addresses this vulnerability, or upgrade to a patched version of Oracle Fusion Middleware that includes fixed Outside In Technology libraries.

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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
Fusion MiddlewareApplication
Affected:= 8.3.7.0= 8.4= 8.4.1

CVSS 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
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify Oracle Fusion Middleware installation and version
    Locate the Oracle Fusion Middleware installation directory and check for version files or use Oracle inventory commands (such as 'opatch lsinventory' or checking version.info in the middleware home directory) to determine the exact installed version
    Affected if The installed version matches 8.3.7.0, 8.4, or 8.4.1 exactly
  2. Locate Outside In Technology installation directory
    Search for the Outside In Technology components within the Oracle Fusion Middleware installation, typically found under the 'oracle_common' or 'oc4j' directories, or search for directories or files containing 'outsidein' or 'stellent' in the name
    Affected if The Outside In Filters component is present in the installation
  3. Verify Outside In Filters component version
    Check the version of the Outside In Filters module by examining version information in the filter files, library files, or associated configuration within the Outside In Technology directory
    Affected if The Outside In Filters version corresponds to the vulnerable Oracle Fusion Middleware versions (8.3.7, 8.4.0, or 8.4.1)
  4. Confirm document processing is enabled
    Review Oracle Fusion Middleware configuration to determine if the Outside In document filtering feature is actively enabled for processing incoming documents (check relevant configuration files in the middleware home that control filter behavior)
    Affected if The Outside In Filters are configured to process documents in any capacity

A user is affected if they have Oracle Fusion Middleware version 8.3.7.0, 8.4, or 8.4.1 installed with the Outside In Technology Filters component present and enabled for document processing.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for July 2013 that addresses this vulnerability, or upgrade to a patched version of Oracle Fusion Middleware that includes fixed Outside In Technology libraries.

Fix this in Fusion Middleware Scoped from the published advisory
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