{"cve":"CVE-2009-1979","nvd":{"published":"2009-10-22T18:30:00.390","modified":"2026-06-16T23:08:29.353","status":"Modified","description":"Unspecified vulnerability in the Network Authentication component in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 and 10.2.0.4 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors.  NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2009 CPU.  Oracle has not commented on claims from an independent researcher that this is related to improper validation of the AUTH_SESSKEY parameter length that leads to arbitrary code execution.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://blogs.conus.info/node/28","http://osvdb.org/59110","http://secunia.com/advisories/37027","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507598/100/0/threaded"],"products":["oracle:database_server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-1979","score":0.76361,"percentile":0.99539,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}