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CVE-2024-21278: 
Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2024-21278 affects Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Award Processes) in versions 12.2.3-12.2.13. This vulnerability was disclosed in October 2024 as part of Oracle's Critical Patch Update (Oracle Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability allows low privileged attackers with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 8.1 (High) with Confidentiality and Integrity impacts. The CVSS Vector is: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N (NVD).

Impact

Successful exploitation can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector accessible data, as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all accessible data (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Oracle has released patches to address this vulnerability as part of the October 2024 Critical Patch Update. Users are strongly advised to apply the security patches as soon as possible (Oracle Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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