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Oracle Database: Critical Patch Update - July 2022 (CVE-2022-21511)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 19, 2022
Added
Jul 20, 2022
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Recovery component of Oracle Database Server. For supported versions that are affected see note. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker having EXECUTE ON DBMS_IR.EXECUTESQLSCRIPT privilege with network access via Oracle Net to compromise Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Recovery. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Recovery. Note: None of the supported versions are affected. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Solution

oracle-apply-jul-2022-cpu
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