Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2018-3066 is a low-severity Oracle MySQL Server issue affecting older 5.5, 5.6, and 5.7 releases. It requires a highly privileged attacker with network access, but successful exploitation could allow limited unauthorized reads and data changes inside MySQL. Exposure is most likely in legacy MySQL Server deployments or distribution-packaged MySQL variants that remained unpatched after the July 2018 Oracle CPU and related Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, or NetApp advisories. Treat this as routine but necessary legacy database hygiene. It is not an emergency based on the provided evidence, but unpatched database infrastructure can still create compliance and data integrity risk. Mitigation focus: Apply Oracle MySQL updates from the July 2018 Critical Patch Update or later.; Apply relevant Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, or appliance vendor security updates.; Retire unsupported MySQL 5.5, 5.6, and early 5.7 deployments where possible..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- DSA-4341CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- USN-3725-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- RHSA-2018:3655CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181105 [SECURITY] [DLA 1566-1] mysql-5.5 security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- USN-3725-2CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180726-0002/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180831 [SECURITY] [DLA 1488-1] mariadb-10.0 security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- RHSA-2019:1258CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2019:2327CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
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