CVE-2016-0581
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 Approvals Management component in Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10.2 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via vectors related to AME Page rendering.
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 confidenceUnspecified vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite Approvals Management (AME) component where page rendering allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity without authentication. The CVSS 6.4 indicates network-exploitable with partial impact to data 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 Oracle E-Business Suite versionQuery the database or check the installation: SELECT release_name FROM apps.fnd_product_groups; or check the EBS banner page at the web login URLAffected if The installed version is exactly 11.5.10.2
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Confirm Approvals Management (AME) component is installedQuery: SELECT application_name, application_id FROM apps.fnd_application WHERE application_name LIKE '%Approvals%'; or check via Oracle Applications Manager (OAM)Affected if AME application is present in the EBS instance
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Verify AME web pages are accessibleAttempt to access the AME self-service pages via browser or curl: /oa_servlets/.oracle.apps.ame.approvals and /oa_servlets/oracle.apps.ame.server endpointsAffected if The AME pages respond without requiring authentication or are reachable over the network
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Check if EBS is network-exposed without authentication barrierReview firewall rules or network configuration: verify that ports serving EBS (typically 8000-8004, 443, 80) are open to untrusted networks and that EBS is not behind VPN or IP restrictionAffected if EBS application tier is reachable from untrusted networks without VPN or restricted access
A user is affected if their Oracle E-Business Suite is exactly version 11.5.10.2, has AME component installed, and the AME web pages are network-accessible without authentication protection.
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 Update (CPU) containing the fix for CVE-2016-0581 to Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10.2. If immediate patching is not feasible, restrict network access to the EBS application tier via firewall or VPN.
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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-2016-0581 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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