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CVE-2024-21176: 
MySQL vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Thread Pooling). Supported versions that are affected are 8.4.0 and prior. This vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server (Oracle CPU).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 5.3 (Medium severity) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. The attack vector is Network-based, with High attack complexity, requiring Low privileges, and no user interaction. The scope is Unchanged, with no impact on Confidentiality or Integrity, but High impact on Availability (Oracle CPU).

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 CPU, NetApp Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply Critical Patch Update security patches as soon as possible. The vulnerability is fixed in versions after MySQL Server 8.4.0 (Oracle CPU).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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