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>> Oracle Database "PITRIG_DROPMETADATA" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Oracle Database "PITRIG_DROPMETADATA" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3803
CVE ID : CVE-2007-4517
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-11-08
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A vulnerability has been identified in Oracle Database, which could be exploited by malicious users to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when processing malformed arguments passed to the "XDB_PITRIG_PKG.PITRIG_DROPMETADATA" procedure, which could be exploited by authenticated attackers to crash an affected server or execute arbitrary code on the underlying system in the context of the database account.
Affected Products
Oracle Database 10g Release 2
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3803
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=622
Credits
Vulnerability reported by VeriSign iDefense Labs.
ChangeLog
2007-11-08 : Initial release
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