Oracle software raises an "ORA-12592: TNS:bad packet" exception
Issue
Errors like the below are seen sporadically in log files
ORA-12592: TNS:bad packet error
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-12592: TNS: bad packet
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5,6,7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) (all versions)
- Oracle JDBC driver
- Oracle database server
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