VENDOR UPDATE | 18 April 2018

Oracle Critical Patch and Security Updates April 2018

Description

A Critical Patch Update is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabilities. Critical Patch Update patches are usually cumulative, but each advisory describes only the security fixes added since the previous Critical Patch Update advisory. Please review our previous Critical Patch Update advisories for more information regarding earlier published security fixes.

Oracle Database Server Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 1 new security fix for the Oracle Database Server:

1 new security fix for the Oracle Database Server. This vulnerability is not remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may not be exploited over a network without requiring user credentials. This fix is not applicable to client-only installations, i.e., installations that do not have the Oracle Database Server installed.

These Critical patch updates are applicable to the following database versions:

Oracle Database 11.2.0.4
Oracle Database 12.1.0.2
Oracle Database 12.2.0.1
Oracle Database 18.1.0.0

Oracle Database Server Risk Matrix

CVE#	Component	Package and/or Privilege Required	Protocol	Remote Exploit without Auth.?	CVSS VERSION 3.0 RISK									Supported Versions Affected	Notes
CVE#	Component	Package and/or Privilege Required	Protocol	Remote Exploit without Auth.?	Base Score	Attack Vector	Attack Complex	Privs Req'd	User Interact	Scope	Confid- entiality	Inte- grity	Avail- ability	Supported Versions Affected	Notes
CVE-2018-2841	Java VM	Create Session, Create Procedure	Multiple	No	8.5	Network	High	Low	None	Changed	High	High	High	11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18.1.0.0

Further Help and Assistance

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