OCI-21500: internal error

Hello,
Getting the following error:

OCI-21500: internal error code, arguments: [17099], [], [], [], [], [], [], []
which is causing a core dump
Background:

our application: Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.3.1_02-b02 mixed mode) using 9i drivers (oci), accessing 8i database.

We see this error at the statement execute ( accessing a table that has a nested table column).

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more detail :
An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the
VM.
Unexpected Signal : 11 occurred at PC=0xe9e43f48
Function name=kgerse
Library=/oracle/product/current/lib/libclntsh.so.9.0
Dynamic libraries:
0x10000 	/opt/java/current/bin/../bin/sparc/native_threads/java
0xff350000 	/usr/lib/libthread.so.1
0xff390000 	/usr/lib/libdl.so.1
0xff200000 	/usr/lib/libc.so.1
0xff340000 	/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R/lib/libc_psr.so.1
0xfe480000 	/opt/java/j2sdk1_3_1_02/jre/lib/sparc/client/libjvm.so
0xff2d0000 	/usr/lib/libCrun.so.1
0xff1d0000 	/usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
0xff100000 	/usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
0xff0d0000 	/usr/lib/libm.so.1
0xff300000 	/usr/lib/libw.so.1
0xff0b0000 	/usr/lib/libmp.so.2
0xff070000 	/opt/java/j2sdk1_3_1_02/jre/lib/sparc/native_threads/libhpi.so
0xff040000 	/opt/java/j2sdk1_3_1_02/jre/lib/sparc/libverify.so
0xfe440000 	/opt/java/j2sdk1_3_1_02/jre/lib/sparc/libjava.so
0xfe410000 	/opt/java/j2sdk1_3_1_02/jre/lib/sparc/libzip.so
0xfe1e0000 	/usr/lib/locale/en_US/en_US.so.2
0xec320000 	/opt/tomcat/3.2.3.b/stdnative/libcecrealm.so
0xebee0000 	/opt/java/j2sdk1_3_1_02/jre/lib/sparc/libnet.so
0xebde0000 	/usr/lib/nss_files.so.1
0xebcc0000 	/oracle/product/9.0.1/lib/libocijdbc9.so
0xe9800000 	/oracle/product/current/lib/libclntsh.so.9.0
0xebca0000 	/oracle/product/current/lib/libwtc9.so
0xeb7e0000 	/usr/lib/libsched.so.1
0xeb7c0000 	/usr/lib/libaio.so.1
0xeb7a0000 	/usr/lib/libposix4.so.1

Local Time = Mon Dec 16 07:55:21 2002
Elapsed Time = 4970


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# The exception above was detected in native code outside the VM

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# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.3.1_02-b02 mixed mode)

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