CVE-2016-0511
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 E-Business Intelligence component in Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10.2 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors related to Common Components, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0547, CVE-2016-0548, and CVE-2016-0549.
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 confidenceVulnerability in Oracle E-Business Intelligence (Common Components) in Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10.2 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unspecified vectors. The CVSS 6.4 indicates network-exploitable with no authentication required and partial impact to both confidentiality and integrity.
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= 11.5.10.2CVSS 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
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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 the installed Oracle E-Business Suite versionQuery the database: SELECT release_name FROM apps.fnd_product_groups; OR check the environment file $APPL_TOP/RELEASES.txt for the version stringAffected if The version returned is exactly 11.5.10.2
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Confirm Oracle E-Business Intelligence component is presentCheck for the presence of BI common components: SELECT package_name FROM all_objects WHERE object_name LIKE '%BISE%' OR object_name LIKE '%INTEL%'; OR look for BI directories in $OA_HTML/ or $ORACLE_HOME/Affected if E-Business Intelligence Common Components are installed on the system
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Verify E-Business Suite web interfaces are network accessibleCheck the application server configuration (Apache/Oracle HTTP Server) in $ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/conf/httpd.conf for Listen directives and Oracle Web Listener configurationAffected if The EBS web interfaces (OA_HTML, OA_servlets) are exposed to untrusted networks without proper access controls
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Check for unauthenticated access points to Common ComponentsReview the Oracle E-Business Suite login page and common component endpoints: /OA_HTML/ibyfin.jsp, /OA_HTML/icxneg.jsp, /OA_HTML/ibeUSrdEnty.jsp for accessibility without authenticationAffected if These endpoints are accessible over the network without requiring Oracle Applications authentication
If the installed Oracle E-Business Suite version is exactly 11.5.10.2 and the E-Business Intelligence Common Components are present and network-accessible, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
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 Updates for Oracle E-Business Suite to address this vulnerability. Since the specific vector is unspecified, ensuring all Common Components are patched and restricting network access to EBS interfaces provides defense-in-depth.
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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-2016-0511 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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