Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.36/8.3.0 Optimizer denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.36/8.3.0. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Optimizer. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-21013. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.36/8.3.0. This affects an unknown function of the component Optimizer. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.36 and prior and 8.3.0 and prior. Difficult to exploit 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 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-21013 since 12/07/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 227834 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-21013), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (227834) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-0894). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Oracle MySQL
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Fedora Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Xerox FreeFlow Print Server
• RESF Rocky Linux
• MariaDB MariaDB

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Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• MySQL Server

Version

• 8.0
• 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
• 8.0.21
• 8.0.22
• 8.0.23
• 8.0.24
• 8.0.25
• 8.0.26
• 8.0.27
• 8.0.28
• 8.0.29
• 8.0.30
• 8.0.31
• 8.0.32
• 8.0.33
• 8.0.34
• 8.0.35
• 8.0.36
• 8.1
• 8.2
• 8.3.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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