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CVE-2023-22097: 
MySQL vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-22097 is a vulnerability in the InnoDB component of Oracle MySQL Server affecting versions 8.0.34 and prior, and 8.1.0. This easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attackers with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server (Oracle Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability has 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 network access and high privileges to exploit, but has low attack complexity and requires no user interaction (NetApp Advisory).

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 has released patches to address this vulnerability in the October 2023 Critical Patch Update. Users should upgrade to the latest version of MySQL Server. The vulnerability is fixed in versions after 8.0.34 (Oracle Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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