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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2021-35635
CVE-2021-35635:
MySQL vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.26 and prior. This vulnerability was disclosed in October 2021 (Oracle Advisory, NetApp Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 4.9 (Medium severity) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. The vulnerability requires a high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to exploit (NVD).
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server (Oracle Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
Oracle released patches for affected versions in the October 2021 Critical Patch Update. Ubuntu has released updated packages for affected versions: MySQL 8.0.27 for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 21.04, and Ubuntu 21.10, and MySQL 5.7.36 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Ubuntu Notice).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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