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medium 4.9

CVE-2017-3251 json

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

published 2017-01-27 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-12372

cvss
4.9
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.16 and earlier. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts).

Patch / fix

  • mysql-5.7 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3251

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  • rh-mysql57-mysql RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.7.19-6.el6
  • rh-mysql57-mysql RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.7.19-6.el7
  • rh-mysql57-mysql-test RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.7.19-6.el6
  • rh-mysql57-mysql-test RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.7.19-6.el7
  • rh-mysql57-mysql-common RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.7.19-6.el6
  • rh-mysql57-mysql-common RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.7.19-6.el7
  • rh-mysql57-mysql-config RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.7.19-6.el6
  • rh-mysql57-mysql-config RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.7.19-6.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:2886

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-2017-3251 updated cvss 4.9

mysql: Server: Optimizer unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2017)

  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-mysql57-mysql 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-test 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-common 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-config 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-errmsg 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-server 5.7.19-6.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-mysql57-mysql 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-test 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-common 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-config 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-errmsg 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-server 5.7.19-6.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-mysql57-mysql 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-test 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-common 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-config 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-errmsg 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-server 5.7.19-6.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-mysql57-mysql 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-test 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-common 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-config 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-errmsg 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-server 5.7.19-6.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-mysql57-mysql 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-test 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-common 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-config 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-errmsg 5.7.19-6.el6, rh-mysql57-mysql-server 5.7.19-6.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-mysql57-mysql 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-test 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-common 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-config 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-errmsg 5.7.19-6.el7, rh-mysql57-mysql-server 5.7.19-6.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2886
  • 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 Enterprise Linux 7 mariadb, mariadb-libs, mariadb-test, mariadb-bench, mariadb-server, mariadb-embedded Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) mariadb-galera Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) mariadb-galera Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) mariadb-galera, mariadb-galera-common, mariadb-galera-server
    +6 more products
    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 11 (Ocata) mariadb-galera Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) mariadb-galera-common, mariadb-galera-server Red Hat Software Collections rh-mysql56-mysql, rh-mariadb100-mariadb, rh-mariadb101-mariadb, rh-mysql56-mysql-test, rh-mysql56-mysql-bench, rh-mysql56-mysql-common, +18 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

1.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Oracle MySQL Server

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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