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GoldengateApplication · Oracle

CVE-2016-0452

HIGH · 10.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2016-01-21
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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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
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 GoldenGate component in Oracle GoldenGate 11.2 and 12.1.2 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0451.

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

CVE-2016-0452 is a critical unspecified vulnerability in Oracle GoldenGate versions 11.2 and 12.1.2. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability through unknown vectors, indicating a network-exploitable flaw with maximum severity (CVSS 10). It is distinct from CVE-2016-0451 but affects the same component.

MitigationApply Oracle's security patches for GoldenGate via the Critical Patch Update; if patches are unavailable for these versions, upgrade to a supported Oracle GoldenGate version that includes the security fix.

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
GoldengateApplication
Affected:= 11.2= 12.1.2

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
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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 checks

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  1. Identify Oracle GoldenGate installation
    Locate the Oracle GoldenGate installation directory or check system inventory for Oracle GoldenGate presence
    Affected if Oracle GoldenGate is installed on the system
  2. Retrieve installed version
    Use the GoldenGate version command (ggcmd version or equivalent) or check installation metadata files to determine the exact version number
    Affected if Version is 11.2 or 12.1.2 exactly
  3. Compare version to affected ranges
    Compare the retrieved version against the affected versions 11.2 and 12.1.2
    Affected if Installed version matches 11.2 or 12.1.2 exactly

System is affected if Oracle GoldenGate version is exactly 11.2 or exactly 12.1.2

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 Oracle's security patches for GoldenGate via the Critical Patch Update; if patches are unavailable for these versions, upgrade to a supported Oracle GoldenGate version that includes the security fix.

Fix this in Goldengate Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing12.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
28.0 hours of engineering $4,760
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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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