Oracle MySQL Server up to 5.6.27 DML denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle MySQL Server up to 5.6.27 (Database Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component DML. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.27 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to DML.

The weakness was presented 01/20/2016 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-0595 since 12/09/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87420 (MySQL 5.6.x < 5.6.28 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Databases and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350019 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for mysql56: ALAS-2016-684).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (87420), SecurityFocus (BID 81121†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55971†). See VDB-78698, VDB-78697, VDB-78695 and VDB-78701 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
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Nessus ID: 87420
Nessus Name: MySQL 5.6.x < 5.6.28 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-0595 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0595
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80588
SecurityFocus: 81121 - Oracle MySQL CVE-2016-0595 Remote Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034708
Vulnerability Center: 55971 - [cpujan2016-2367955-MySQL] Oracle MySQL Server Remote DoS in the DML Sub-Component - CVE-2016-0595, Medium

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Created: 01/21/2016 04:56 PM
Updated: 07/05/2022 03:00 PM
Changes: 01/21/2016 04:56 PM (57), 07/02/2018 09:14 AM (21), 07/05/2022 03:00 PM (2)
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