Oracle Database: Critical Patch Update - January 2023 (CVE-2023-21829)

Oracle Database: Critical Patch Update - January 2023 (CVE-2023-21829)

Severity

7

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:N)

Published

01/17/2023

Created

01/19/2023

Added

01/17/2023

Modified

01/28/2025

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Database RDBMS Security component of Oracle Database Server.Supported versions that are affected are 19c and21c. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker having Create Session privilege with network access via Oracle Net to compromise Oracle Database RDBMS Security.Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result inunauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Database RDBMS Security accessible data as well asunauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Database RDBMS Security accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts).CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N).

Solution(s)

• oracle-apply-jan-2023-cpu

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2023-21829
• CVE - 2023-21829
• http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2023.html
• https://support.oracle.com/rs?type=doc&id=2906899.1