CVE-2009-1979: Oracle Database Server

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 76.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in the Network Authentication component in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 and 10.2.0.4 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2009 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from an independent researcher that this is related to improper validation of the AUTH_SESSKEY parameter length that leads to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Oracle Database Server: version 10.1.0.5 only; version 10.2.0.4 only

Published 2009-10-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.