Oracle Berkeley DB up to 12.1.6.2.32 Data Store access control

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Berkeley DB up to 12.1.6.2.32 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Data Store. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2019-2871. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Berkeley DB up to 12.1.6.2.32 (Software Library) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Data Store. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Data Store component of Oracle Berkeley DB. Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.6.1.23, 12.1.6.1.26, 12.1.6.1.29, 12.1.6.1.36, 12.1.6.2.23 and 12.1.6.2.32. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Data Store executes to compromise Data Store. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Data Store. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

The weakness was published 07/16/2019 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - Juli 2019 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-2871 since 12/14/2018. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-137972, VDB-137963, VDB-137964 and VDB-137965. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Software Library

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• Oracle

Name

• Berkeley DB

Version

• 12.1.6.1.23
• 12.1.6.1.26
• 12.1.6.1.29
• 12.1.6.1.36
• 12.1.6.2.23
• 12.1.6.2.32

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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