Oracle Message ORA-13043 - failed to read metadata from the _SDOLAYER table

ERROR	failed to read metadata from the _SDOLAYER table
CAUSE	An error was encountered reading the layer metadata from the _SDOLAYER table.
ACTION	This error is usually the result of an earlier error which should also have been reported. Address this accompanying error and retry the current operation. If no accompanying error was reported, contact Oracle Support Services.