Oracle Clusterware 12.1.0.2.0 TFA Collector access control

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Oracle Clusterware 12.1.0.2.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component TFA Collector. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2019-2860. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Clusterware 12.1.0.2.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component TFA Collector. 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 Oracle Clusterware component of Oracle Support Tools (subcomponent: Trace File Analyzer (TFA) Collector). The supported version that is affected is 12.1.0.2.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Clusterware. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Clusterware accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Clusterware accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Clusterware. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).

The weakness was presented 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-2019-2860 since 12/14/2018. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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.

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• Oracle

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• Clusterware

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• 12.1.0.2.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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