CVE-2000-0986
published 2000-12-19CVE-2000-0986: Buffer overflow in Oracle 8.1.5 applications such as names, namesctl, onrsd, osslogin, tnslsnr, tnsping, trcasst, and trcroute possibly allow local users to…
PriorityP415medium4.6CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCPIPAP
EPSS
2.31%
83.2th percentile
Buffer overflow in Oracle 8.1.5 applications such as names, namesctl, onrsd, osslogin, tnslsnr, tnsping, trcasst, and trcroute possibly allow local users to gain privileges via a long ORACLE_HOME environmental variable.
Affected
1 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| oracle | oracle8i | — | — |
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VulDB
Oracle 8.1.5 names ORACLE_HOME memory corruption (XFDB-5390)
vuldb·2026-09-24·CVSS 4.6
CVE-2000-0986 [MEDIUM] Oracle 8.1.5 names ORACLE_HOME memory corruption (XFDB-5390)
A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Oracle 8.1.5. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component names/namesctl/onrsd/osslogin/tnslsnr/tnsping/trcasst/trcroute. Such manipulation of the argument ORACLE_HOME as part of Environment Variable leads to memory corruption.
This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2000-0986. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.
GHSA
GHSA-7c4p-gjx7-mf7v: Buffer overflow in Oracle 8
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-04-30
CVE-2000-0986 [MEDIUM] GHSA-7c4p-gjx7-mf7v: Buffer overflow in Oracle 8
Buffer overflow in Oracle 8.1.5 applications such as names, namesctl, onrsd, osslogin, tnslsnr, tnsping, trcasst, and trcroute possibly allow local users to gain privileges via a long ORACLE_HOME environmental variable.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2000-12-19
Published