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Oracle Database: Critical Patch Update - July 2018 (CVE-2018-2939)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 17, 2018
Added
Jul 18, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

Vulnerability in the Core RDBMS component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18.1 and 18.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker having Local Logon privilege with logon to the infrastructure where Core RDBMS executes to compromise Core RDBMS. While the vulnerability is in Core RDBMS, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Core RDBMS accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Core RDBMS. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.4 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H).

Solution

oracle-apply-jul-2018-cpu
Title
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