Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.35 Optimizer denial of service

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.35 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Optimizer. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-21057. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.35 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Optimizer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.35 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).

It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-21057 since 12/07/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 248406 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-21057), 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 (248406) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-0894). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

• 8.0.0
• 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

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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