Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2018-2779 is a denial-of-service flaw in Oracle MySQL Server. A high-privileged attacker who can reach MySQL over the network could make the database hang or repeatedly crash. The business risk is service disruption, not disclosed data theft or data modification. Exposure is most likely where legacy MySQL Server 5.7.21 or earlier remains deployed and reachable by privileged database users or services over supported network protocols. Treat as a scheduled but important remediation item. Raise priority for internet-adjacent, business-critical, or multi-tenant database environments where a crash would affect revenue or operations. Mitigation focus: Identify all MySQL Server instances running 5.7.21 or prior.; Apply vendor security updates from Oracle or the relevant platform vendor.; Restrict network access to MySQL to trusted systems only..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180419-0002/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- RHSA-2018:3655CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- USN-3629-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- USN-3629-3CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
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