Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.59/8.60/8.61 Open Search/Elastic Search/Web Server denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.59/8.60/8.61. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Open Search/Elastic Search/Web Server. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-5072. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.59/8.60/8.61 (Enterprise Resource Planning Software). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Open Search/Elastic Search/Web Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was released 01/16/2024 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2024. It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-5072. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 253225 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-5072), 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 databases at Tenable (253225) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1989). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • SAP Software

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 253225
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-5072

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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09/19/2023 🔍
01/16/2024 +119 days 🔍
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01/17/2024 +1 days 🔍
09/20/2025 +611 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2024
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5072 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5072
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-251291
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1989 - SAP Patchday September 2025: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 01/17/2024 09:10
Updated: 09/20/2025 00:58
Changes: 01/17/2024 09:10 (39), 02/10/2024 08:40 (2), 02/10/2024 08:41 (11), 08/24/2025 19:18 (17), 09/10/2025 03:49 (7), 09/20/2025 00:58 (11)
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