Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy up to 23.1.8/23.2.4 Install/Upgrade out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy up to 23.1.8/23.2.4. This impacts an unknown function of the component Install/Upgrade. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-29491. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy up to 23.1.8/23.2.4 (Cloud Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component Install/Upgrade. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 10/17/2023 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2023. The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-29491. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/08/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 241454 (CentOS 9 : ncurses-6.2-12.20210508.el9), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (241454). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 241454
Nessus Name: CentOS 9 : ncurses-6.2-12.20210508.el9

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56

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04/07/2023 🔍
10/17/2023 +193 days 🔍
10/17/2023 +0 days 🔍
10/18/2023 +1 days 🔍
07/08/2025 +629 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2023
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-29491 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-29491
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-242493

Entryinfo

Created: 10/18/2023 06:13
Updated: 07/08/2025 07:23
Changes: 10/18/2023 06:13 (38), 11/04/2023 19:58 (4), 11/04/2023 20:06 (11), 07/08/2025 07:23 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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