CVE-2000-0987
MediumExploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk71th percentile - higher than 71% of all known CVEs
Summary
Buffer overflow in oidldapd in Oracle 8.1.6 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "connect" command line parameter.
Risk Assessment
A local user can gain elevated privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise or access to sensitive data.
Recommendation
Apply the patch from Oracle or upgrade to a newer version. Restrict local access to trusted users only.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle
See all- CVE-2000-0986Medium
Buffer overflow in Oracle 8.1.5 applications such as names, namesctl, onrsd, osslogin, tnslsnr, tnsping, trcasst, and trcroute possibly allows local users to gain privileges via a long ORACLE_HOME environmental variable.
- CVE-2000-0206Medium
The installation of Oracle 8.1.5.x on Linux follows symlinks and creates the orainstRoot.sh file with world-writeable permissions, allowing local users to gain privileges.
Original NVD description (English source)
Buffer overflow in oidldapd in Oracle 8.1.6 allow local users to gain privileges via a long "connect" command line parameter.