Oracle Knowledge up to 8.6.3 Information Manager Console denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Oracle Knowledge up to 8.6.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Information Manager Console. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2020-2932. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Oracle Knowledge up to 8.6.3 (Knowledge Base Software). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Information Manager Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge product of Oracle Knowledge (component: Information Manager Console). 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 released 04/15/2020 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-2932. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-153686, VDB-153290, VDB-153291 and VDB-153293. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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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

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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