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A vulnerability was found in Oracle MySQL Cluster 7.2.26/7.3.14/7.4.12 (Database Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component NDBAPI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The program does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 01/17/2017. The weakness was published 01/19/2017 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2017 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-5541 since 06/16/2016. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required 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 was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96726 (MySQL Cluster 7.3.x < 7.3.15 Multiple Vulnerabilities (January 2017 CPU)), 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.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (96726). Similar entries are available at 95550, 95551, 95552 and 95553.

Productinfo

Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• MySQL Cluster

License

• open-source

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Vendor Base Score (Oracle): 4.8
Vendor Vector (Oracle): 🔍

NVD Base Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 96726
Nessus Name: MySQL Cluster 7.3.x < 7.3.15 Multiple Vulnerabilities (January 2017 CPU)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/16/2016 🔍
01/17/2017 +215 days 🔍
01/17/2017 +0 days 🔍
01/19/2017 +2 days 🔍
01/19/2017 +0 days 🔍
01/19/2017 +0 days 🔍
01/24/2017 +5 days 🔍
01/27/2017 +3 days 🔍
11/02/2022 +2105 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2017
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-5541 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

SecurityTracker: 1037640
SecurityFocus: 95592 - Oracle MySQL Cluster CVE-2016-5541 Remote Security Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-5541 - Oracle - MySQL - Unspecified Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2017 02:16 PM
Updated: 11/02/2022 04:56 PM
Changes: 01/19/2017 02:16 PM (81), 07/26/2020 05:32 PM (7), 11/02/2022 04:56 PM (4)
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