Oracle GoldenGate GG Market Place for Support off-by-one

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Oracle GoldenGate and classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component GG Market Place for Support. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-23017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Oracle GoldenGate (the affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown part of the component GG Market Place for Support. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-193. A product calculates or uses an incorrect maximum or minimum value that is 1 more, or 1 less, than the correct value. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 01/19/2021 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022. It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-23017. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/16/2025).

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 236746 (Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0036: nginx:1.18 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0036)), 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 databases at Exploit-DB (50973) and Tenable (236746). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Oracle

Name

GoldenGate

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Off-by-one
CWE: CWE-193 / CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 236746
Nessus Name: Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0036: nginx:1.18 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0036)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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01/19/2021 +13 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2021-23017 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-23017
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-190739
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2022 15:46
Updated: 05/16/2025 02:00
Changes: 01/19/2022 15:46 (37), 01/20/2022 19:47 (3), 01/20/2022 19:54 (18), 10/17/2024 16:01 (23), 05/16/2025 02:00 (2)
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