CVE-2018-2769

Published: 18 April 2018

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Pluggable Auth). Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.21 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged 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 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	5.7 only

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.9

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
mariadb-10.0 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	cosmic	Does not exist
	disco	Does not exist
	eoan	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (mysql only)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (mysql only)
mariadb-10.1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Ignored (end of life)
	bionic	Not vulnerable (mysql only)
	cosmic	Not vulnerable (mysql only)
	disco	Does not exist
	eoan	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (mysql only)
	xenial	Does not exist
mariadb-5.5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	cosmic	Does not exist
	disco	Does not exist
	eoan	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was not-affected [mysql only])
	upstream	Not vulnerable (mysql only)
	xenial	Does not exist
mysql-5.5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	cosmic	Does not exist
	disco	Does not exist
	eoan	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Not vulnerable
	vivid	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
mysql-5.6 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	cosmic	Does not exist
	disco	Does not exist
	eoan	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was not-affected)
	upstream	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Does not exist
mysql-5.7 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Released (5.7.22-0ubuntu0.17.10.1)
	bionic	Released (5.7.22-0ubuntu18.04.1)
	cosmic	Released (5.7.22-0ubuntu18.04.1)
	disco	Released (5.7.22-0ubuntu18.04.1)
	eoan	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (5.7.22)
	xenial	Released (5.7.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
mysql-8.0 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	disco	Does not exist
	eoan	Not vulnerable
	focal	Not vulnerable
	groovy	Not vulnerable
	hirsute	Not vulnerable
	impish	Not vulnerable
	jammy	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
percona-server-5.6 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Ignored (end of life)
	bionic	Does not exist
	cosmic	Does not exist
	disco	Does not exist
	eoan	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable
percona-xtradb-cluster-5.5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	cosmic	Does not exist
	disco	Does not exist
	eoan	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was needs-triage)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
percona-xtradb-cluster-5.6 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Ignored (end of life)
	bionic	Does not exist
	cosmic	Does not exist
	disco	Does not exist
	eoan	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.9
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	High
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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