CVE-2008-5440 (GCVE-0-2008-5440)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-14 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:56
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Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in the TimesTen Data Server component in Oracle Database 7.0.5.0.0 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the January 2009 CPU. Oracle has not commented on reliable researcher claims that this is a format string vulnerability via the msg parameter in the evtdump CGI module.
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