VDB-125557 · CVE-2018-3212 · Nessus 118248

Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.12 Information Schema access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.12. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Information Schema. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-3212. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.12 (Database Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Information Schema. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The bug was discovered 10/16/2018. The weakness was disclosed 10/16/2018 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2018 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-3212 since 12/15/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118248 (FreeBSD : MySQL -- multiple vulnerabilities (ec5072b0-d43a-11e8-a6d2-b499baebfeaf)), 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 20093 (Oracle MySQL October 2018 Critical Patch Update (CPUOCT2018)).

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 (118248) and SecurityFocus (BID 105607†). The entries VDB-90449, VDB-91385, VDB-91680 and VDB-91681 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

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Database Software

Vendor

Oracle

Name

MySQL Server

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License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 118248
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : MySQL -- multiple vulnerabilities (ec5072b0-d43a-11e8-a6d2-b499baebfeaf)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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10/16/2018 +304 days 🔍
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