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Ensure ‘extproc’ Is Not Present in ‘listener.ora’

Details

extproc should be removed from the listener.ora to mitigate the risk that OS libraries can be invoked by the Oracle instance.

Rationale:

extproc allows the database to run procedures from OS libraries. These library calls can, in turn, run any OS command.

Solution

To remediate this recommendation:
Remove extproc from the listener.ora file.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: System and Information Integrity.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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