Submitted by dmann on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 15:43
...well not yet...
An Infoworld article was released today describing an Oracle vulnerability. The SCN space can be exhausted via bugs or attackers exploiting bugs. Metalink doc: 1376995.1 [Bulletin : Information on the System Change Number (SCN) and how it is used in the Oracle Database] covers a technical description for what SCNs are used for.
You can use this query to find out how close you are to the SCN limit. Read more about Oracle bug announcement - the sky is not falling...
