CVE-2017-3317 Denial of service in MySQL Server
A high-privileged attacker can cause a complete denial of service in MySQL Server by exploiting a logging vulnerability requiring human interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-3317?
CVE-2017-3317 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 27 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Logging). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.53 and earlier, 5.6.34 and earlier and 5.7.16 and earlier. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. 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 4.0 (Availability impacts).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3317?
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-2017-3317?
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-2017-3317 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3317 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-3317, GHSA-6x64-rm6c-4p72, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3317.