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CVE-2024-20990

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-04-16
Fix available
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62/100
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
Vulnerability in the Oracle Applications Technology product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Templates). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.13. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Applications Technology. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Applications Technology accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite's Applications Technology component (Templates) affecting versions 12.2.3-12.2.13. Unauthenticated attackers with network access via HTTP can exploit improper access controls to read a subset of accessible data, resulting in unauthorized confidentiality disclosure.

MitigationApply the Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for January 2024 that addresses CVE-2024-20990, and implement network-level access controls to restrict HTTP access to the affected Oracle Applications Technology endpoints until patching is complete.

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
Applications Technology StackApplication
Affected:>= 12.2.3, <= 12.2.13

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
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify Oracle E-Business Suite version
    Locate and read the context file (CONTEXT) typically found in $INST_TOP/appl/top or query the FND_PRODUCT_INSTALLATIONS table via SQL to determine the installed release version.
    Affected if The displayed version falls within the range 12.2.3 through 12.2.13 inclusive.
  2. Confirm Applications Technology component version
    Query the FND_APPLICATON_TABLES or check the AD patch level using adident or the Apps schema to verify the Applications Technology Stack version matches the E-Business Suite release.
    Affected if The Applications Technology component version corresponds to an affected E-Business Suite 12.2.3-12.2.13 installation.
  3. Determine if HTTP access to Templates is enabled
    Inspect the Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) or Apache configuration files in $INST_TOP/ora/10.1.2/Apache/Apache/conf to verify if the /OA_HTML/Templates path or related template servlets are exposed and accessible.
    Affected if The Templates servlet or related endpoints are accessible via HTTP without authentication.
  4. Verify network exposure of Oracle Applications
    Review network ACLs, load balancer rules, or firewall policies to determine if the Oracle E-Business Suite web endpoints are reachable from untrusted networks on HTTP/HTTPS ports.
    Affected if The application is exposed to unauthenticated network attackers via HTTP without proper network-level access restrictions.

You are affected if your Oracle E-Business Suite version is 12.2.3 through 12.2.13 and the Templates component is accessible via HTTP from unauthenticated network attackers.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 12.2.13
Interim mitigation

Apply the Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for January 2024 that addresses CVE-2024-20990, and implement network-level access controls to restrict HTTP access to the affected Oracle Applications Technology endpoints until patching is complete.

Fix this in Applications Technology Stack Scoped from the published advisory
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