CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-3599

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to remotely compromise the MySQL Server. Successful exploitation can lead to a hang or frequent crashes of the server, resulting in a complete denial of service (DoS).

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of complete loss of availability of the MySQL server, which can lead to significant disruptions in the operation of applications and services dependent on the database.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to MySQL version 5.6.36 or 5.7.18 or later to mitigate this vulnerability. Additionally, access to the MySQL server should be restricted to trusted IP addresses.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Pluggable Auth). Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.35 and earlier and 5.7.17 and earlier. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows unauthenticated 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 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2017 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this issue is an integer overflow in sql/auth/sql_authentication.cc which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted authentication packet.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS