Oracle Communications Session Border Controller SCZ7.3.0/SCZ7.4.0 Sysadmin resource management
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Oracle Communications Session Border Controller SCZ7.3.0/SCZ7.4.0. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Sysadmin. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-0920. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle Communications Session Border Controller SCZ7.3.0/SCZ7.4.0 (Cloud Software). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Sysadmin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 02/24/2012. The weakness was disclosed 04/19/2017 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2017 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-0920 since 01/26/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 61 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 58853 (Debian DSA-2456-1 : dropbear - use after free), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 42399 (Dropbear SSH Server Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (58853), SecurityFocus (BID 52159†), OSVDB (79590†) and Secunia (SA48147†). The entries VDB-23370, VDB-35213, VDB-60899 and VDB-85266 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.oracle.com
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
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Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 58853
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2456-1 : dropbear - use after free
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OpenVAS ID: 18627
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Linux Local Check: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201309-20
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
01/26/2012 🔍02/24/2012 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2017
Researcher: Danny Fullerton
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0920 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0920
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100037
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X-Force: 73444
SecurityFocus: 52159 - Dropbear SSH Server Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 48147
OSVDB: 79590 - CVE-2012-0920 - Dropbear - Use-After-Free Issue
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Entry
Created: 04/19/2017 19:11Updated: 01/02/2025 18:25
Changes: 04/19/2017 19:11 (82), 09/16/2020 16:44 (1), 12/19/2020 11:05 (4), 12/19/2020 11:10 (1), 01/02/2025 18:25 (17)
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