Improper Access Control - CVE-2017-3633
Published: July 1, 2017 / Updated: January 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10282
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3633
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability exists due to an unspecified error in the MySQL Server within Memcached component. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability to modify certain data on the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
community-mysql
How to mitigate CVE-2017-3633
Install updates from vednor's website.
community-mysql - addressed in versions 5.7.19-1.fc24, 5.7.19-1.fc25, 5.7.19-1.fc26