SB2023101858 - Resource exhaustion in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database 



SB2023101858 - Resource exhaustion in Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database

Published: October 18, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023101858
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34462)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources if no idle timeout handler was configured. A remote attacker can send a client hello packet, which leads the server to buffer up to 16MB of data per connection and results in a denial of service condition.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.