Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-29506

Medium

Published: 11 July 2022

Published
11 July 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0154 81.8th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-29506 is a medium-severity Covert Timing Channel (CWE-385) vulnerability in Oracle Database. Its CVSS base score is 6.8 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 18.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Dell BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition, versions before 4.1.5, and Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite, versions before 4.5.2, contain an Observable Timing Discrepancy Vulnerability.

CWE(s)
CWE-385NVD-CWE-Other

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

dell
bsafe crypto-c-micro-edition
≤ 4.1.5
dell
bsafe micro-edition-suite
≤ 4.5.2
oracle
database
12.1.0.2, 19c, 21c
oracle
http server
12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0
oracle
security service
12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0
oracle
weblogic server proxy plug-in
12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-31 Covert Channel Analysis
addresses: CWE-385

Directly targets covert timing channels by requiring identification and bandwidth estimation, enabling mitigation that reduces or eliminates their usability.

References