CVE-2016-3459 Denial of service in n/a
Remote administrators can cause a denial of service in MySQL and MariaDB servers via unspecified InnoDB vectors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-3459?
CVE-2016-3459 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mariadb Mariadb, published on 21 Jul 2016. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier and 5.7.12 and earlier and MariaDB 10.0.x before 10.0.25 and 10.1.x before 10.1.14 allows remote administrators to affect availability via vectors related to Server: InnoDB.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3459?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mariadb Mariadb, Oracle Mysql.
How do I fix CVE-2016-3459?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-3459 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3459 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-9c7x-wvr8-xvf2, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3459.