Improper input validation - CVE-2018-2583
Published: January 22, 2018 / Updated: January 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10264
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-2583
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability exists due to an unspecified error in the MySQL Server. A remote privileged user can exploit the vulnerability to perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
Opensuse
Red Hat Software Collections
community-mysql
rh-mysql57-mysql (Red Hat package)
How to mitigate CVE-2018-2583
Install updates from vednor's website.
community-mysql - addressed in versions 5.7.21-1.fc27, 5.7.21-6.fc26
rh-mysql57-mysql (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 5.7.21-2.el6.1, 5.7.21-2.el7.1
rh-mysql57-mysql (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 5.7.21-2.el6.1, 5.7.21-2.el7.1
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle MySQL Server
- Ubuntu update for MySQL
- Amazon Linux AMI update for mysql55, mysql56, mysql57
- OpenSUSE Linux update for mysql-community-server
- Red Hat update for mysql
- Gentoo update for MySQL
- Red Hat Software Collections update for rh-mysql57-mysql
- Fedora 27 update for community-mysql
- Fedora 26 update for community-mysql