# CVE-2012-1675: The TNS Listener, as used in Oracle Database 11g 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.2, and 11.2.0.3, and 10g 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, and 10.2.0.5, as used in Orac

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2012-05-08 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The TNS Listener, as used in Oracle Database 11g 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.2, and 11.2.0.3, and 10g 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, and 10.2.0.5, as used in Oracle Fusion Middleware, Enterprise Manager, E-Business Suite, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary database commands by performing a remote registration of a database (1) instance or (2) service name that already exists, then conducting a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack to hijack database connections, aka "TNS Poison."

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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00018.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53308
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027000
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/343
- https://blogs.oracle.com/security/entry/security_alert_for_cve_2012
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/359816
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/204
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2012-1675-1608180.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75303
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/oracle/tnspoison_checker.rb
- https://github.com/bongbongco/CVE-2012-1675

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