Security restrictions bypass - CVE-2018-2787

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12029

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-2787

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to write arbitrary files and cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL due to improper security restrictions. A remote attacker can update, insert or delete some of MySQL Server accessible data and cause the service to crash.

Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Slackware Linux
Fedora
Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition
mariadb (Alpine package)
openSUSE Leap
community-mysql
mariadb

Install update from vendor's website.

mariadb (Alpine package) - update to 10.1.37-r0
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
• Red Hat update for mysql
• Slackware Linux update for mariadb
• Amazon Linux AMI update for mysql56
• Amazon Linux AMI update for mysql57
• OpenSUSE Linux update for mariadb
• OpenSUSE Linux update for mariadb
• Security restrictions bypass in mariadb (Alpine package)
• 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