Oracle Communications Network Charging/Control up to 12.0.3 Notification Gateway certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control 6.0.1/12.0.0/12.0.1/12.0.2/12.0.3. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Notification Gateway. Performing a manipulation results in certificate validation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-9488. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control 6.0.1/12.0.0/12.0.1/12.0.2/12.0.3 (Cloud Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block of the component Notification Gateway. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender. This could allow an SMTPS connection to be intercepted by a man-in-the-middle attack which could leak any log messages sent through that appender. Fixed in Apache Log4j 2.12.3 and 2.13.1

The weakness was presented 07/15/2020 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-9488. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

See VDB-154468, VDB-158073, VDB-158074 and VDB-158075 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/01/2020 🔍
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05/29/2026 +2143 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-9488 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9488
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-158163
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/16/2020 09:22
Updated: 05/29/2026 22:41
Changes: 07/16/2020 09:22 (68), 10/31/2020 12:51 (3), 05/29/2026 22:41 (28)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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