Input validation error in Oracle Berkeley DB - CVE-2016-0692
Published: April 21, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33755
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0692
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Unspecified vulnerability in the DataStore component in Oracle Berkeley DB 11.2.5.0.32, 11.2.5.1.29, 11.2.5.2.42, 11.2.5.3.28, 12.1.6.0.35, and 12.1.6.1.26 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0682, CVE-2016-0689, CVE-2016-0694, and CVE-2016-3418.
Affected software
Oracle Berkeley DB
db (Alpine package)
db (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-0692
Install update from vendor's website.