Input validation error in MariaDB - CVE-2018-3282

 

Input validation error in MariaDB - CVE-2018-3282

Published: October 17, 2018 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33736
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3282
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: MariaDB Foundation
Affected software:
MariaDB

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Storage Engines). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.61 and prior, 5.6.41 and prior, 5.7.23 and prior and 8.0.12 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).


How to mitigate CVE-2018-3282

Install update from vendor's website.

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