Improper input validation - CVE-2017-3329
Published: March 15, 2018 / Updated: December 6, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11099
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3329
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper input validation within the Thread Pooling subcomponent. A remote attacker can send a specially crated MySQL packet to the affected server and cause it to crash.
The weakness exists due to improper input validation within the Thread Pooling subcomponent. A remote attacker can send a specially crated MySQL packet to the affected server and cause it to crash.
Affected software
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
mysql-5.5 (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2017-3329
Update to version 5.5.55, 5.6.36 or 5.7.18.
- update to
- update to 5.5.55
mysql-5.5 (Debian package) - addressed in versions 5.5.55-0+deb7u1, 5.5.55-0+deb8u1
- update to 5.5.55
mysql-5.5 (Debian package) - addressed in versions 5.5.55-0+deb7u1, 5.5.55-0+deb8u1