Oracle MySQL Server up to 5.6.35/5.7.17 Pluggable Auth access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle MySQL Server up to 5.6.35/5.7.17 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Pluggable Auth. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-3599. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle MySQL Server up to 5.6.35/5.7.17 (Database Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Pluggable Auth. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is availability.

The bug was discovered 04/18/2017. The weakness was disclosed 04/19/2017 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2017 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-3599 since 12/06/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by Rodrigo Marcos in Python and been published 2 weeks after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99497 (FreeBSD : MySQL -- multiple vulnerabilities (d9e01c35-2531-11e7-b291-b499baebfeaf) (Riddle)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 20037 (Oracle MySQL April 2017 Critical Patch Update (CPUAPR2017)).

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 Exploit-DB (41954), Tenable (99497) and SecurityFocus (BID 97754†). The entries VDB-95628, VDB-95669, VDB-95670 and VDB-95704 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Rodrigo Marcos
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Nessus ID: 99497
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : MySQL -- multiple vulnerabilities (d9e01c35-2531-11e7-b291-b499baebfeaf) (Riddle)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for community-mysql FEDORA-2017-fe6e14dcf9
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2017
Researcher: Rodrigo Marcos
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-3599 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-3599
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100202

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SecurityFocus: 97754 - Oracle MySQL Server CVE-2017-3599 Remote Security Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-3599 - Oracle - MySQL - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038287

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/19/2017 19:11
Updated: 04/06/2025 11:45
Changes: 04/19/2017 19:11 (95), 09/23/2020 22:29 (6), 12/20/2020 16:05 (4), 12/20/2020 16:08 (1), 04/06/2025 11:45 (15)
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