Improper Access Control - CVE-2017-3636
Published: July 1, 2017 / Updated: January 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10285
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3636
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability exists due to an unspecified error in the MySQL Server within Client programs component. A local user can exploit the vulnerability to gain full access to MySQL databases.
Affected software
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
Fedora
Percona Server for MySQL
mysql-5.5 (Debian package)
mariadb (Alpine package)
community-mysql
How to mitigate CVE-2017-3636
Install updates from vednor's website.
mysql-5.5 (Debian package) - addressed in versions 5.5.57-0+deb7u1, 5.5.57-0+deb8u1
mariadb (Alpine package) - update to 10.1.26-r0
community-mysql - addressed in versions 5.7.19-1.fc24, 5.7.19-1.fc25, 5.7.19-1.fc26
mariadb (Alpine package) - update to 10.1.26-r0
community-mysql - addressed in versions 5.7.19-1.fc24, 5.7.19-1.fc25, 5.7.19-1.fc26
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle MySQL Server
- Ubuntu update for MySQL
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Percona Server for MySQL
- Ubuntu update for MySQL
- Debian update for mariadb-10.1
- Debian update for mysql-5.5
- Slackware Linux update for mariadb
- Amazon Linux AMI update for mysql55
- Ubuntu update for MySQL
- Debian update for mariadb-10.0
- Gentoo update for MySQL
- Red Hat update for mariadb
- Improper Access Control in mariadb (Alpine package)
- Fedora 26 update for community-mysql
- Fedora 24 update for community-mysql
- Fedora 25 update for community-mysql