Remote code execution in MySQL Connectors - CVE-2017-3523

 

Remote code execution in MySQL Connectors - CVE-2017-3523

Published: March 15, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11092
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3523
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to unexpected automatic deserialisation of Java objects. The remote attacker can execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

MySQL Connectors
Debian Linux
Fedora
mysql-connector-java

How to mitigate CVE-2017-3523

Update to version 5.1.41-1.

mysql-connector-java - update to 8.0.13-1.fc27

External References

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