Security restrictions bypass - CVE-2018-2773

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12017

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-2773

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL due to improper security restrictions. A local attacker can cause the service to crash.

Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Fedora
Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition
mysql-5.5 (Debian package)
community-mysql
mariadb

Install update from vendor's website.

mysql-5.5 (Debian package) - addressed in versions 5.5.60-0+deb8u1, 5.5.62-0+deb8u1
community-mysql - addressed in versions 5.7.22-1.fc26, 5.7.22-1.fc27, 5.7.22-1.fc28
mariadb - addressed in versions 10.1.33-1.fc26, 10.2.15-2.fc27, 10.2.15-2.fc28

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle MySQL
• Debian update for mysql-5.5
• Red Hat update for mysql
• Amazon Linux AMI update for mysql55
• Amazon Linux AMI update for mysql56
• Amazon Linux AMI update for mysql57
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition
• Fedora 28 update for community-mysql
• Fedora 27 update for community-mysql
• Fedora 26 update for community-mysql
• Fedora 26 update for mariadb
• Fedora 28 update for mariadb
• Fedora 27 update for mariadb