CVE-2018-3064 Denial of service in MySQL Server

High 7.1 Published 18 Jul 2018 Updated 2 Oct 2024

A low-privileged attacker can cause a complete denial of service and modify data in MySQL Server via the InnoDB component.

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-2018-3064?

CVE-2018-3064 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 18 Jul 2018. 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: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.40 and prior, 5.7.22 and prior and 8.0.11 and prior. 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 as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.1 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3064?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mariadb Mariadb, Netapp Oncommand Insight, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation, Netapp Snapcenter and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-3064?

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-2018-3064 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3064 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2018-3064, GHSA-9qrf-wvj4-2j5f, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3064.