E Business SuiteApplication · Oracle

CVE-2016-0512

MEDIUM · 6.4 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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73/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
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 Human Resources component in Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10.2 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors related to Self Service - Common Modules.

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 E-Business Suite 11.5.10.2 contains an unspecified vulnerability in the Self Service - Common Modules within the Human Resources component. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable and impacts confidentiality and integrity, but not availability, with a CVSS base score of 6.4.

MitigationApply Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) patches for January 2016 or later. For Oracle E-Business Suite 11i, Oracle extended support ended in 2014; consider upgrading to Oracle EBS 12.1 or 12.2 as a long-term solution.

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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
E Business SuiteApplication
Affected:= 11.5.10.2

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
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 checks

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  1. Verify Oracle E-Business Suite version
    Log into Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) or run the SQL query SELECT release_name FROM apps.fnd_product_groups; against the APPS schema to retrieve the EBS release version.
    Affected if The version returned is exactly 11.5.10.2 (CU2).
  2. Confirm Human Resources module is installed
    Query the database: SELECT application_id, application_name FROM apps.fnd_application WHERE application_name LIKE '%Human%'; or check through OAM under Application Modules.
    Affected if The Human Resources application module is installed or enabled in the EBS environment.
  3. Check Self Service web modules status
    Navigate to Oracle Applications Manager > Site Map > Application Modules > Self Service Infrastructure, or query fnd_installed_forms to identify if Self Service HTML components are configured.
    Affected if Self Service - Common Modules (also known as Self Service HTML) are configured or enabled in the instance.

You are affected if your Oracle E-Business Suite version is exactly 11.5.10.2 and the Human Resources Self Service module is installed and enabled.

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

Apply Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) patches for January 2016 or later. For Oracle E-Business Suite 11i, Oracle extended support ended in 2014; consider upgrading to Oracle EBS 12.1 or 12.2 as a long-term solution.

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