Security restrictions bypass - CVE-2017-3308

Vulnerability identifier: #VU6686

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3308

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The weakness exists in MySQL Server due to improper security restrictions. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Amazon Linux AMI
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
mysql-5.5 (Debian package)
mariadb (Alpine package)

Install update from vendor's website.

mysql-5.5 (Debian package) - addressed in versions 5.5.55-0+deb7u1, 5.5.55-0+deb8u1
mariadb (Alpine package) - update to 10.1.26-r0

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618.html

• Amazon Linux AMI update for mysql55
• Amazon Linux AMI update for mysql56
• Slackware Linux update for mariadb
• Ubuntu update for MySQL
• Debian update for mariadb-10.0
• Debian update for mysql-5.5
• Gentoo update for MySQL
• OpenSUSE Linux update for mariadb
• SUSE Linux update for mariadb
• SUSE Linux update for mariadb
• Ubuntu update for MySQL
• Security restrictions bypass in mariadb (Alpine package)