CVE-2019-2536 Denial of service in MySQL Server
A high-privileged attacker with local access can cause a complete denial of service in MySQL Server through a difficult-to-exploit packaging vulnerability.
- 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-2019-2536?
CVE-2019-2536 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager, published on 16 Jan 2019. 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: Server: Packaging). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.13 and prior. 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 and while the vulnerability is in MySQL Server, attacks may significantly impact additional products. 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 5.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2536?
It affects 10 products.
Products include Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation, Netapp Snapcenter, Netapp Storage Automation Store, Oracle Mysql, Redhat Enterprise Linux and 4 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-2536?
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-2019-2536 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2536 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager
- CVE-2018-5487 Code injection in OnCommand Unified Manager for Linux
- CVE-2018-5485 Privilege escalation in OnCommand Unified Manager for Windows
- CVE-2018-5486 Security feature bypass in OnCommand Unified Manager for Linux
- CVE-2019-5494 Information disclosure in OnCommand Unified Manager 7-Mode
- CVE-2019-5495 Information disclosure in OnCommand Unified Manager for VMware vSphere,Linux and Windows 7.2 and above
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jw5v-gf5h-hgh6.