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CVE-2024-20983:
MySQL vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2024-20983 is a vulnerability affecting MySQL Server (component: Server: DML). The vulnerability affects MySQL Server versions 8.0.34 and prior. It is an easily exploitable vulnerability that allows high privileged attackers with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server (Oracle Advisory, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.9 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. The scoring indicates that the vulnerability requires network access, is low complexity to exploit, requires high privileges, needs no user interaction, has unchanged scope, and impacts only availability (Oracle 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 (NetApp Advisory, Oracle Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
Oracle has released patches for this vulnerability in MySQL version 8.0.36. Users are strongly recommended to apply these security patches as soon as possible (Oracle Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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