Security restrictions bypass - CVE-2017-3450

Vulnerability identifier: #VU6689

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3450

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated 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
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu

Install update from vendor's website.

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

• Amazon Linux AMI update for mysql55
• Amazon Linux AMI update for mysql56
• Gentoo update for MySQL
• Ubuntu update for MySQL