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CVE-2024-21179: 
MySQL vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.37 and prior and 8.4.0 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server (Oracle Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 4.9 (Medium severity). The attack vector is Network-based, with Low attack complexity, requiring High privileges, and No user interaction. The scope is Unchanged, with No impact on Confidentiality and Integrity, but High impact on 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 (Oracle Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in MySQL version 8.0.39. Ubuntu has released security updates: version 8.0.39-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, version 8.0.39-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and version 8.0.39-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Ubuntu Notice).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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