Oracle Enterprise Session Border Controller 8.4/9.0 Routing off-by-one

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Enterprise Session Border Controller 8.4/9.0. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Routing. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-23017. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Enterprise Session Border Controller 8.4/9.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Routing. 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 presented 01/19/2021 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022. The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-23017. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

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 $5k-$25k. 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). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Oracle

Name

Enterprise Session Border Controller

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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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

01/06/2021 🔍
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-100-190853
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2022 15:47
Updated: 05/16/2025 02:00
Changes: 01/19/2022 15:47 (38), 01/22/2022 08:09 (3), 01/22/2022 08:13 (19), 10/22/2024 01:54 (23), 05/16/2025 02:00 (2)
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