PT-2021-22133
CVE-2021-38459
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Published
2021-10-22
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Updated
2021-10-27
Description by
CVSS 3.1
9.8
CriticalMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
No specific software or versions are mentioned in the provided descriptions.
Description
The data of a network capture of the initial handshake phase can be used to authenticate at a SYSDBA level. If a specific .exe is not restarted often, it is possible to access the needed handshake packets between admin/client connections. Using the SYSDBA permission, an attacker can change user passwords or delete the database.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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