Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.20 Audit denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.20. It has been declared as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Audit. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-14631. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.20 (Database Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Audit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: Audit). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.20 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

The weakness was presented 07/15/2020 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-14631. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 252513 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-14631), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (252513). See VDB-158073, VDB-158074, VDB-158075 and VDB-158076 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• MySQL Server

Version

• 8.0.0
• 8.0.1
• 8.0.2
• 8.0.3
• 8.0.4
• 8.0.5
• 8.0.6
• 8.0.7
• 8.0.8
• 8.0.9
• 8.0.10
• 8.0.11
• 8.0.12
• 8.0.13
• 8.0.14
• 8.0.15
• 8.0.16
• 8.0.17
• 8.0.18
• 8.0.19
• 8.0.20

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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