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CVE-2018-3174 json

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Client programs).

published 2018-10-17 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-15029

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Client programs). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.61 and prior, 5.6.41 and prior, 5.7.23 and prior and 8.0.12 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server. While the vulnerability is in MySQL Server, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Patch / fix

  • mariadb mariadb 5.5.62, 10.0.37, 10.1.37, 10.2.19, 10.3.11
  • mysql-5.5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.5.62-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • mysql-5.7 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 5.7.24-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • mysql-5.7 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.7.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • mariadb-5.5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.5.63-1ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • mariadb-10.0 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 10.0.38-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • mariadb-10.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:10.1.38-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3174

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  • rh-mariadb102-galera RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 25.3.25-1.el6
  • rh-mariadb102-galera RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 25.3.25-1.el7
  • rh-mariadb102-mariadb RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:10.2.22-1.el6
  • rh-mariadb102-mariadb RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:10.2.22-1.el7
  • rh-mariadb102-mariadb-test RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:10.2.22-1.el6
  • rh-mariadb102-mariadb-test RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:10.2.22-1.el7
  • rh-mariadb102-mariadb-bench RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:10.2.22-1.el6
  • rh-mariadb102-mariadb-bench RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:10.2.22-1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:1258RHSA-2018:3655

  • mariadb104 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 10.4.30-8.5.46
  • lz4 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.8.0-3.5.2
  • python-mysqlclient SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.3.14-8.9.2
  • mariadb-connector-c SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 3.1.22-2.35.1
  • mariadb SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +6 more 10.0.38-29.27.3
  • mariadb-connector-c OpenStack Cloud 7 3.0.7-1.6.1
  • mariadb OpenStack Cloud 7 10.2.22-10.1
  • mariadb-connector-c OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 3.0.6-3.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-RU-2023:4991-1SUSE-RU-2023:3956-1SUSE-SU-2019:2048-1SUSE-SU-2019:1441-1SUSE-SU-2019:0628-1SUSE-SU-2019:0555-1

  • mariadb openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.6.4-2.1
  • mariadb openSUSE Leap 15.0 10.2.22-lp150.2.9.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11038-1openSUSE-SU-2019:0327-1

  • mariadb Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +13 more 10.3.11-r0
  • mariadb Alpine 3.7, Alpine 3.6 10.1.37-r0
  • mariadb Alpine 3.8 10.2.19-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-3174

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-3174 updated cvss 5.3

mysql: Init script calling kill with root privileges using pid from pidfile owned by mysql user (CPU Oct 2018)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 mysql55-mysql Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mysql, mysql-libs, mysql-test, mysql-bench, mysql-server, mysql-embedded Red Hat Software Collections rh-mariadb101-mariadb, rh-mariadb101-mariadb-test, rh-mariadb101-mariadb-bench, rh-mariadb101-mariadb-common, rh-mariadb101-mariadb-config, rh-mariadb101-mariadb-errmsg, +3 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-mysql57-mysql 5.7.24-2.el6, rh-mariadb102-galera 25.3.25-1.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-test 5.7.24-2.el6, rh-mariadb102-mariadb 10.2.22-1.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-common 5.7.24-2.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-config 5.7.24-2.el6, +20 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-mysql57-mysql 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mariadb102-galera 25.3.25-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-test 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mariadb102-mariadb 10.2.22-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-common 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-config 5.7.24-1.el7, +20 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-mysql57-mysql 5.7.24-2.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-test 5.7.24-2.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-common 5.7.24-2.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-config 5.7.24-2.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-errmsg 5.7.24-2.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-server 5.7.24-2.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-mysql57-mysql 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-test 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-common 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-config 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-errmsg 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-server 5.7.24-1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-mysql57-mysql 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mariadb102-galera 25.3.25-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-test 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mariadb102-mariadb 10.2.22-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-common 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-config 5.7.24-1.el7, +20 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-mysql57-mysql 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mariadb102-galera 25.3.25-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-test 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mariadb102-mariadb 10.2.22-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-common 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-config 5.7.24-1.el7, +20 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3655
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) rh-mariadb102-galera 25.3.25-1.el7, rh-mariadb102-mariadb 10.2.22-1.el7, rh-mariadb102-mariadb-test 10.2.22-1.el7, rh-mariadb102-mariadb-bench 10.2.22-1.el7, rh-mariadb102-mariadb-backup 10.2.22-1.el7, rh-mariadb102-mariadb-common 10.2.22-1.el7, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1258
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-mysql57-mysql 5.7.24-2.el6, rh-mariadb102-galera 25.3.25-1.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-test 5.7.24-2.el6, rh-mariadb102-mariadb 10.2.22-1.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-common 5.7.24-2.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-config 5.7.24-2.el6, +20 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-mysql57-mysql 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mariadb102-galera 25.3.25-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-test 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mariadb102-mariadb 10.2.22-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-common 5.7.24-1.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-config 5.7.24-1.el7, +20 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3655
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 mariadb, mariadb-libs, mariadb-test, mariadb-bench, mariadb-server, mariadb-embedded Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Judy, mecab, mysql, galera, mariadb, mysql-libs, +18 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) mariadb-galera, mariadb-galera-common, mariadb-galera-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) mariadb-galera, mariadb-galera-common, mariadb-galera-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) mariadb-galera, mariadb-galera-common, mariadb-galera-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) mariadb-galera-common, mariadb-galera-server
    +3 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) mariadb, mariadb-libs, mariadb-test, mariadb-common, mariadb-config, mariadb-errmsg, +3 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) mariadb, mariadb-libs, mariadb-test, mariadb-common, mariadb-config, mariadb-errmsg, +3 more Red Hat Software Collections rh-mysql80-mysql, rh-mysql80-mysql-test, rh-mysql80-mysql-common, rh-mysql80-mysql-config, rh-mysql80-mysql-errmsg, rh-mysql80-mysql-server, +4 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Oracle Corporation MySQL Server

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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