CVE-2016-5541

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-5541
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneroracle
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-27 22:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionVulnerability in the MySQL Cluster component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Cluster: NDBAPI). Supported versions that are affected are 7.2.26 and earlier, 7.3.14 and earlier and 7.4.12 and earlier. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Cluster. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Cluster accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of MySQL Cluster. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 4.8 (Integrity and Availability impacts).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 4.8 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary4.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Oracle Mysql Cluster All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql Cluster All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql Cluster All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Oracle MySQL Cluster affected 7.2.26 and earlier Not specified
CNA Oracle MySQL Cluster affected 7.3.14 and earlier Not specified
CNA Oracle MySQL Cluster affected 7.4.12 and earlier Not specified

References

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CVE2016554.pdf - DocDroid af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.docdroid.net Technical Description
Nicholas Lemonias on Twitter: "Novel Contributions to the field CVE-2016-5541 January, 2017 MySQL Cluster remote 0day https://t.co/zYHM2VXwqO" af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 twitter.com Technical Description
Oracle MySQL Cluster CVE-2016-5541 Remote Security Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
MySQL Multiple Flaws Let Remote Authenticated and Local Users Access Data, Deny Service, and Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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