CVE-2018-2877 Denial of service in MySQL Cluster

Medium 5.0 Published 19 Apr 2018 Updated 3 Oct 2024

A low-privileged attacker with local access can cause a complete denial of service in MySQL Cluster by triggering a crash or hang.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-2877?

CVE-2018-2877 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Mysql Cluster, published on 19 Apr 2018. 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 Cluster component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Cluster: ndbcluster/plugin). Supported versions that are affected are 7.2.27 and prior, 7.3.16 and prior, 7.4.14 and prior and 7.5.5 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where MySQL Cluster executes to compromise MySQL Cluster. 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 Cluster. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2877?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Mysql Cluster.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2877?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2877 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-2018-2877 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2877 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-5377-84rf-5wx2.