CVE-2017-3305

N/A
Published: April 24, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:17 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxMySQL Server

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: C API). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.55 and earlier and 5.6.35 and earlier. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N). NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2017 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this issue allows man-in-the-middle attackers to hijack the authentication of users by leveraging incorrect ordering of security parameter verification in a client, aka, "The Riddle".

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 5.5.55v ≤ 5.6.355.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.5.555.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.6.35

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (7)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
http://riddle.link/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3834
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/17/3
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97023
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038287
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2787

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-319

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