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Title: EGI SVG 'ADVISORY' [TLP:WHITE] Up to 'HIGH' risk - MySQL server
compromise [EGI-SVG-CVE-2018-2562]
Date: 2018-04-13
Updated:
Affected software and risk
==========================
Up to HIGH risk vulnerability concerning MariaDB MySQL
Package : MySQL
CVE ID : CVE-2018-2562
This vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via
multiple protocols to compromise a MySQL Server
Actions required/recommended
============================
Sites running MySQL should update if they are running distributions where a
patch is available.
If a patch is not available, sites should ensure that MySQL is not directly
accessible on the network.
Sites should always ensure that MySQL is not directly accessible from the
network unless it is essential for that application.
Affected software details
=========================
This is fixed for MariaDB 10.1.31 and later [R 6],
MariaDB 10.2.13 and later [R 7], MariaDB 5.5.59 and later[R 8]
Mitigation
==========
Ensure that MySQL is not directly exposed to the network.
Component installation information
==================================
For RedHat see [R 2]
For Ubuntu see [R 3]
For Debian see [R 4]
For Scientific Linux see [R 5]
TLP and URL
===========
** WHITE information - Unlimited distribution - see
https://go.egi.eu/tlp for distribution restrictions **
URL: https://advisories.egi.eu/Advisory-SVG-CVE-2018-2562
Minor updates may be made without re-distribution to the sites
Comments
========
Comments or questions should be sent to svg-rat at mailman.egi.eu
If you find or become aware of another vulnerability which is relevant to EGI
you may report it by e-mail to
report-vulnerability at egi.eu
the EGI Software Vulnerability Group will take a look according to the
procedure defined in [R 9]
Note that this has been updated and the latest version approved by the
Operations Management Board in November 2017
References
==========
[R 1] https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-2562
[R 2] https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2562
[R 3] http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-2562.html
[R 4] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-2562
[R 5] https://www.scientificlinux.org/?s=cve-2018-2562
[R 6] https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-10131-release-notes/
[R 7] https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-10213-release-notes/
[R 8] https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-5559-release-notes/
[R 9] https://documents.egi.eu/public/ShowDocument?docid=3145
Credit
======
SVG was alerted to this vulnerability by Mischa Salle
Timeline
========
Yyyy-mm-dd [EGI-SVG-CVE-2018-2562]
2018-03-18 SVG alerted to this issue by Mischa Salle
2018-03-18 Acknowledgement from the EGI SVG to the reporter
2018-03-20 Investigation of vulnerability and relevance to EGI carried out
2018-03-20 EGI SVG Risk Assessment completed
2018-04--- Fix still not available for all linux distributions
2018-04-13 Advisory sent to sites
Context
=======
This advisory has been prepared as part of the effort to fulfil EGI SVG's
purpose "To minimize the risk to the EGI infrastructure arising from software
vulnerabilities"
The risk is that assessed by the group, according to the EGI SVG issue handling
procedure [R 9] in the context of how the software is used in the EGI
infrastructure.
It is the opinion of the group, we do not guarantee it to be correct.
The risk may also be higher or lower in other deployments depending on how the
software is used.
Others may re-use this information provided they:-
1) Respect the provided TLP classification
2) Credit the EGI https://www.egi.eu/ Software Vulnerability Group