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CVE-2008-2138 (GCVE-0-2008-2138)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-12 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:49
VLAI
Summary
Oracle Application Server (OracleAS) Portal 10g allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and read the contents of /dav_portal/portal/ by sending a request containing a trailing "%0A" (encoded line feed), then using the session ID that is generated from that request. NOTE: as of 20080512, Oracle has not commented on the accuracy of this report.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3867 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491865/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020034 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/30140 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29119 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-05-09 00:00
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