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Oracle 9i Isn't Quite Unbreakable

Posted by timothy on from the whom-the-crackers-would-destroy dept.

BillTheKatt writes: "The formerly (as in a couple of weeks) "unbreakable" Oracle 9i has been found to be vulnerable to a Denial Of Service bug. ... Thanks [H]ardOCP for the link to the Article At SiliconValley.com. For more information see the official notice on SecurityFocus. More proof that Microsoft does not hold a monopoly on bugs. And of course a black eye to Mr. Larry 'Big Mouth' Ellison. I'm still waiting for my network computer, Larry."

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  1. Nice fact-checking, Timothy by hatless · · Score: 5, Insightful
    1. It's a buffer overflow in affecting the 9i Application Server--specifically, a PL/SQL Apache module--and not the database. Still a Bad Thing, but not the same thing.
    2. The crack regarding "still waiting for [your] Network Computer" is pretty dopey. Ellison's NIC Company has been shipping them going on two years now.

    You'd think they'd be a big hit with the Slashdot set seeing as they boot Linux with X off a CD, and have Ethernet, USB, a modem and VGA support built in, all for $200. I guess lame jokes predicated on them not existing are more fun.