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title: "CVE-2009-1979: Unspecified vulnerability in the Network… | CubePath"
description: "Unspecified vulnerability in the Network Authentication component in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 and 10.2.0.4 allows remote attackers to affect…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1979
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# CVE-2009-1979: Unspecified vulnerability in the Network… | CubePath

## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Network Authentication component in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 and 10.2.0.4 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2009 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from an independent researcher that this is related to improper validation of the AUTH\_SESSKEY parameter length that leads to arbitrary code execution.

Official description from the CVE record, published by oracle. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1979)

## Key data

### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.76361 (76.4% probability)

Percentile

99.5%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [blogs.conus.info/node/28](http://blogs.conus.info/node/28)
- [20091030 CVE-2009-1979 (Oracle RDBMS)](http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507598/100/0/threaded)  (securityfocus.com) mailing-list
- [37027](http://secunia.com/advisories/37027)  (secunia.com) third-party-advisory
- [1023057](http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023057)  (securitytracker.com) vdb-entry
- [TA09-294A](http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html)  (us-cert.gov) third-party-advisory
- [oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.ht…](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html)
- [36747](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36747)  (securityfocus.com) vdb-entry
- [59110](http://osvdb.org/59110)  (osvdb.org) vdb-entry

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Jun 8, 2009
2. Record published Oct 22, 2009
3. Record last updated Aug 7, 2024

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