Oracle MySQL Server up to 5.5.51/5.6.32/5.7.14 Federated denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle MySQL Server up to 5.5.51/5.6.32/5.7.14. It has been rated as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Federated. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-5629. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Oracle MySQL Server up to 5.5.51/5.6.32/5.7.14 (Database Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Federated. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.51 and earlier, 5.6.32 and earlier, and 5.7.14 and earlier allows remote administrators to affect availability via vectors related to Server: Federated.

The weakness was disclosed 10/19/2016 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-5629 since 06/16/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94756 (openSUSE Security Update : mysql-community-server (openSUSE-2016-1289)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 20027 (Oracle MySQL October 2016 Critical Patch Update (CPUOCT2016)).

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 (94756) and SecurityFocus (BID 93668†). The entries VDB-4597, VDB-4598, VDB-79101 and VDB-80318 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
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Nessus ID: 94756
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : mysql-community-server (openSUSE-2016-1289)
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OpenVAS ID: 100879
OpenVAS Name: RedHat Update for mariadb RHSA-2016:2595-02
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5629 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5629
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92827

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SecurityFocus: 93668 - Oracle MySQL CVE-2016-5629 Remote Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037050

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/19/2016 10:22
Updated: 09/27/2022 07:36
Changes: 10/19/2016 10:22 (70), 05/13/2019 14:42 (12), 09/27/2022 07:36 (3)
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