This security alert addresses the security issue CVE-2012-1675, a vulnerability in the TNS listener which has been recently disclosed as "TNS Listener Poison Attack" affecting the Oracle Database Server. This vulnerability may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e. it may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. A remote user can exploit this vulnerability to impact the confidentiality, integrity and availability of systems that do not have recommended solution applied.

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