UBUNTU-CVE-2018-2590

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-2590

    Published: 17 Jan 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-2590
    Aliases:
    USN-3537-1

    Summary:

    Details: Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Performance Schema). Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.38 and prior and 5.7.20 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-2590, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html#AppendixMSQL, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3537-1, https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/security-vulnerabilities-in-oracle-mysql-that-did-not-exist-in-mariadb/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-2590

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mysql-5.7

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.7.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

    Affected versions

    5.7.11-0ubuntu4
    5.7.11-0ubuntu5
    5.7.11-0ubuntu6
    5.7.12-0ubuntu1
    5.7.12-0ubuntu1.1
    5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
    5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
    5.7.16-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
    5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
    5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
    5.7.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
    5.7.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
    5.7.20-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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