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Hyperion Essbase Administration ServicesApplication · Oracle

CVE-2023-21961

MEDIUM · 6.0 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-07-18
Patch available
A vendor patch is available. No clean upgrade release — apply the published patch.
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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

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
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services product of Oracle Essbase (component: EAS Administration and EAS Console). The supported version that is affected is 21.4.3.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services executes to compromise Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).

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.

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NVD · CPE data
Hyperion Essbase Administration ServicesApplication
Affected:= 21.4.3.0.0

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
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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dbcve · scoped
Patch available Apply the vendor patch
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Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Oracle Hyperion Essbase 21.4.3.0.1 or later (check Oracle July 2023 CPU for specific patch)

  1. 1. Navigate to Oracle Support and download the latest Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services patch or version
  2. 2. Review the Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2023 advisory (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2023.html) for CVE-2023-21961
  3. 3. Apply the security patch or upgrade to a version that includes the fix for CVE-2023-21961
  4. 4. Verify the patch was applied successfully by checking the EAS Console version information
  5. 5. Test that Oracle Hyperion Essbase Administration Services functions normally after the update
Caveat Review Oracle's upgrade documentation for any configuration changes required between 21.4.3.0.0 and the target version

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