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CVE-2023-21942: 
Oracle Essbase vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Vulnerability in Oracle Essbase (component: Security and Provisioning). The supported version that is affected is 21.4. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Essbase, though successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker (Oracle CPU Apr 2023).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. This indicates that while the vulnerability is difficult to exploit, it can potentially lead to unauthorized access to critical data (Oracle CPU Apr 2023).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Essbase accessible data (Oracle CPU Apr 2023).

Mitigation and workarounds

Oracle has released patches to address this vulnerability as part of the April 2023 Critical Patch Update. It is strongly recommended that customers apply the security patches without delay to protect against potential exploitation (Oracle CPU Apr 2023).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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