CVE-2017-9278
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 · uneditedThe NetIQ Identity Manager Oracle EBS driver before 4.0.2.0 sent EBS logs containing the driver authentication password, potentially disclosing this to attackers able to read the EBS tables.
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 · high confidenceThe NetIQ Identity Manager Oracle EBS driver before version 4.0.2.0 was logging driver authentication passwords in clear text to EBS database tables. Attackers with the ability to read EBS tables could obtain these credentials.
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< 4.0.2.0CVSS 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
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 if Oracle EBS driver is installedLocate the NetIQ Identity Manager Oracle EBS driver in the system inventory or installation directoryAffected if The Oracle EBS driver component of Identity Manager is present on the system
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Check driver versionDetermine the version of the installed Oracle EBS driver and compare it to the affected range (versions before 4.0.2.0)Affected if Driver version is lower than 4.0.2.0
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Verify driver is configured and enabledConfirm the Oracle EBS driver is configured and actively communicating with an Oracle EBS databaseAffected if The driver is enabled and has established connections to EBS tables
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Inspect EBS database for logged credentialsExamine Oracle EBS database tables that the driver writes to for any cleartext password entries in authentication logsAffected if Cleartext authentication passwords are found stored in the EBS database tables
The environment is affected if the Oracle EBS driver version is below 4.0.2.0 and the driver has been used to connect to an EBS database, potentially exposing credentials in database tables.
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.
dbcve · scoped4.0.2.0
Upgrade the Oracle EBS driver to version 4.0.2.0 or later to prevent password leakage, and rotate any passwords that may have been exposed.
4.0.2.0
- Identify all NetIQ Identity Manager deployments using the Oracle EBS driver
- Locate the Oracle EBS driver component in the Identity Manager environment
- Download Identity Manager Oracle EBS driver version 4.0.2.0 or later from the official NetIQ download portal
- Apply the upgrade to the Oracle EBS driver following NetIQ's standard driver update procedures
- After upgrading, verify that EBS logs no longer contain the driver authentication password
- Confirm the driver is functioning correctly with Oracle EBS
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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-2017-9278 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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