Improper input validation - CVE-2018-2668

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Improper input validation - CVE-2018-2668

Published: January 22, 2018 / Updated: January 29, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10271
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-2668
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 authenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability to perform a denial of service attack.


Affected software


Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
Fedora
Opensuse
Red Hat Software Collections
Percona Server for MySQL
mysql-5.5 (Debian package)
mariadb (Alpine package)
community-mysql
rh-mysql57-mysql (Red Hat package)
mariadb

How to mitigate CVE-2018-2668

Install updates from vednor's website.

mysql-5.5 (Debian package) - addressed in versions 5.5.59-0+deb7u1, 5.5.59-0+deb8u1
mariadb (Alpine package) - update to 10.1.32-r0
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
mariadb - addressed in versions 10.1.32-1.fc26, 10.2.13-1.fc27, 10.2.13-2.fc27, 10.2.13-2.fc28

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