Improper input validation - CVE-2018-2565
Published: January 22, 2018 / Updated: January 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10277
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-2018-2565
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
Ubuntu
Fedora
community-mysql
rh-mysql57-mysql (Red Hat package)
How to mitigate CVE-2018-2565
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