Oracle MySQL Enterprise Monitor 3.1.3.7856 Monitoring Agent memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle MySQL Enterprise Monitor 3.1.3.7856 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Monitoring Agent. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-5590. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle MySQL Enterprise Monitor 3.1.3.7856 (Database Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Monitoring Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 01/17/2017. The weakness was presented 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-2016-5590 since 06/16/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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 96766 (MySQL Enterprise Monitor 3.1.x < 3.1.4.7895 Agent Subcomponent RCE (January 2017 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses 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 databases at Tenable (96766) and SecurityFocus (BID 95542†). See VDB-95550, VDB-95551, VDB-95552 and VDB-95553 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 96766
Nessus Name: MySQL Enterprise Monitor 3.1.x < 3.1.4.7895 Agent Subcomponent RCE (January 2017 CPU)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2017
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5590 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5590
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95708
SecurityFocus: 95542 - Oracle MySQL Enterprise Monitor CVE-2016-5590 Remote Security Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-5590 - Oracle - MySQL - Unspecified Issue
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2017 14:16
Updated: 11/02/2022 15:35
Changes: 01/19/2017 14:16 (80), 07/26/2020 16:42 (7), 11/02/2022 15:35 (4)
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