{
    "id": "CVE-2009-1979",
    "published": "2009-10-22 18:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:08:29",
    "cvss_score": "10.0",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.76361",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99523",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:16:47",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "database_server"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "16342",
            "title": "Oracle 10gR2 - TNS Listener AUTH_SESSKEY Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2010-11-24",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16342"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "9905",
            "title": "Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 < 10.2.0.4 - AUTH_SESSKEY Length Validation Remote Buffer Overflow",
            "date": "2009-10-30",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9905"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://blogs.conus.info/node/28",
        "http://osvdb.org/59110",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/37027",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507598/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36747",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023057",
        "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html",
        "http://blogs.conus.info/node/28",
        "http://osvdb.org/59110",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/37027",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507598/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36747",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023057",
        "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html"
    ]
}