CVE-2017-3244 Denial of service in MySQL Server

Medium 6.5 Published 27 Jan 2017 Updated 9 Oct 2024

A low-privileged attacker can cause a complete denial of service in MySQL Server via network access, requiring a patch to restore availability.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2017-3244?

CVE-2017-3244 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 27 Jan 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: DML). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.53 and earlier, 5.6.34 and earlier and 5.7.16 and earlier. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low 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 v3.0 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3244?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mariadb Mariadb, Oracle Mysql, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-3244?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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-2017-3244 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3244 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-3244, GHSA-qwx7-fp8p-2j3c, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3244.