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RE: Oracle Worm

From: Hostetter, Jay M <JHostetter_at_decommunications.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 16:09:36 -0500
Message-ID: <D67EB7CEECD4334F9C85759227553BBC0128D00A@CL-EXCHANGE1.dande.com>


 One of our standard procedures is to revoke execute on some packages from public, as recommended in the Database Administrator's Guide. It's page 715 of my copy (9i release 2).
  UTL_TCP is one of the packages that is recommended to revoke from public, which would help to stop this worm.

Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Paul Drake Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 3:58 PM To: DGoulet_at_vicr.com
Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: Oracle Worm

On 11/3/05, Goulet, Dick <DGoulet_at_vicr.com> wrote:
> Just got the following link from an E-week news message. Think all of

> us will be interested.
>
> http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038290
> .h
> tml
>
> Or:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9so5f
>
> Dick Goulet
> Senior Oracle DBA
> Oracle Certified DBA
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