Input validation error in MariaDB - CVE-2018-3081

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to damange or delete data.

Vulnerability in the MySQL Client component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Client programs). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.60 and prior, 5.6.40 and prior, 5.7.22 and prior and 8.0.11 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Client. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Client as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Client accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.0 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H).

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2018-3081

External References

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104779
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041294
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3655
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1258
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2327
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00004.html
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180726-0002/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3725-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3725-2/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4341

Related Security Bulletins

• Input validation error in MariaDB
• Input validation error in mariadb (Alpine package)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC Data Computing Appliance (DCA)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for mariadb
• Fedora 27 update for mariadb
• Fedora 28 update for mariadb