CVE-2016-8287 Denial of service in n/a
Remote administrators can cause a denial of service in MySQL Server via unspecified replication vectors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-8287?
CVE-2016-8287 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Mysql, published on 25 Oct 2016. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.7.13 and earlier allows remote administrators to affect availability via vectors related to Server: Replication.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8287?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Mysql.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8287?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8287 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2016-8287 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8287 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Mysql
Sources
Also known as GHSA-243v-fw8h-4xp3, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8287.