Unspecified vulnerability in the Upgrade & Downgrade component of Oracle Database server 8.1.7.4, 9.0.1.5, 9.2.0.7, and 10.1.0.4 has unspecified impact and attack vectors, as identified by Oracle Vuln# DB28. NOTE: details are unavailable from Oracle, but they have not publicly disputed a claim by a reliable independent researcher that states that the problem is SQL injection in the DBMS_REGISTRY package in certain parameters to the (1) IS_COMPONENT, (2) GET_COMP_OPTION, (3) DISABLE_DDL_TRIGGERS, (4) SCRIPT_EXISTS, (5) COMP_PATH, (6) GATHER_STATS, (7) NOTHING_SCRIPT, and (8) VALIDATE_COMPONENTS functions.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24321
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0323
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0243
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16287
http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_cpu_jan_2006.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2006-082403.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/545804
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015499