Oracle Knowledge up to 8.6.3 InQuira Search denial of service

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Oracle Knowledge up to 8.6.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component InQuira Search. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-2524. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle Knowledge up to 8.6.3 (Knowledge Base Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component InQuira Search. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge product of Oracle Knowledge (component: InQuira Search). Supported versions that are affected are 8.6.0-8.6.3. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Knowledge. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Knowledge. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

The weakness was published 04/15/2020 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-2524. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

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

Similar entries are available at VDB-153686, VDB-153290, VDB-153291 and VDB-153293. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Knowledge Base Software

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• Oracle

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• Knowledge

Version

• 8.6.0
• 8.6.1
• 8.6.2
• 8.6.3

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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