# CVE-2018-3280: Denial of service in MySQL Server

> A high-privileged attacker can cause a complete denial of service in MySQL Server via the JSON component.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2018
- **Updated:** 2 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hh8q-mmrv-6fcp

## What is CVE-2018-3280?

CVE-2018-3280 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netapp Oncommand Insight, published on 17 Oct 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: JSON). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.12 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 3.0 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3280?

It affects 6 products.


Products: Netapp Oncommand Insight, Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation, Netapp Snapcenter, Netapp Storage Automation Store, Oracle Mysql.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-3280?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3280 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-3280 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Oncommand Insight

- [CVE-2017-5600](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5600/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-1258](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1258/): Spring Framework when used in combination with any versions of Spring Security contains an authorization bypass (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-5421](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5421/): RFD Protection Bypass via jsessionid (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2022-38733](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38733/): Auth bypass in OnCommand Insight (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2023-22102](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22102/): MySQL Connectors takeover vulnerability (high 8.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-3280 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-3280 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netapp Oncommand Insight, published on 17 Oct 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Netapp Oncommand Insight. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3280/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3280/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3280
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3280
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-3280

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3280/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.