VDB-184691 · CVE-2020-10878 · Nessus 236646

Oracle Tekelec Platform Distribution up to 7.7.1 Perl integer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Tekelec Platform Distribution up to 7.7.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Perl. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-10878. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle Tekelec Platform Distribution up to 7.7.1. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Perl. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 10/19/2021 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021. It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-10878. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 236646 (Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0012: perl (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0012)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (236646). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Oracle

Name

Tekelec Platform Distribution

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 8.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Integer overflow
CWE: CWE-190 / CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 236646
Nessus Name: Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0012: perl (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0012)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

03/23/2020 🔍
10/19/2021 +574 days 🔍
10/19/2021 +0 days 🔍
10/20/2021 +1 days 🔍
05/19/2025 +1306 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-10878 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-10878
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-184691

Entryinfo

Created: 10/20/2021 08:09
Updated: 05/19/2025 00:07
Changes: 10/20/2021 08:09 (38), 10/23/2021 20:11 (4), 10/23/2021 20:18 (18), 05/19/2025 00:07 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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