Denial of service - CVE-2017-10279

Vulnerability identifier: #VU8998

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10279

CWE-ID: CWE-284

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote high-privileged attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Optimizer). A remote attacker can use multiple protocols to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Amazon Linux AMI
Fedora
Opensuse
Percona Server for MySQL
rh-mysql56-mysql (Red Hat package)
rh-mysql57-mysql (Red Hat package)
community-mysql

Install update from vendor's website.

rh-mysql56-mysql (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 5.6.38-1.el6, 5.6.38-1.el7
rh-mysql57-mysql (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 5.7.20-1.el6, 5.7.20-1.el7
community-mysql - addressed in versions 5.7.20-1.fc25, 5.7.20-1.fc26, 5.7.20-1.fc27

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle MySQL
• Amazon Linux AMI update for mysql56, mysql57
• OpenSUSE Linux update for mysql-community-server
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Percona Server for MySQL
• Fedora 26 update for community-mysql
• Fedora 25 update for community-mysql
• Fedora 27 update for community-mysql
• Red Hat Software Collections update for rh-mysql56-mysql
• Red Hat Software Collections update for rh-mysql57-mysql