CVE-2021-2457
Oracle Identity Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A vulnerability was identified in the Identity Manager component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, specifically in the Request Management & Workflow subsystem. The vulnerability affects versions 11.1.2.2.0, 11.1.2.3.0, 12.2.1.3.0, and 12.2.1.4.0. This security issue was discovered by Devin Rosenbauer of Identity Works LLC and was addressed in Oracle's July 2021 Critical Patch Update (Oracle CPU Jul2021).

Technical details

The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-2457 and affects the Request Management & Workflow component within Oracle Identity Manager. The issue was included in Oracle's July 2021 Critical Patch Update, which contained 342 new security patches across various Oracle product families (Oracle CPU Jul2021).

Mitigation and workarounds

Oracle has released patches to address this vulnerability as part of their July 2021 Critical Patch Update. Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply Critical Patch Update security patches as soon as possible to address this and other vulnerabilities (Oracle CPU Jul2021).

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