Oracle MySQL Cluster/MySQL Server up to 9.0.1 InnoDB denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle MySQL Cluster and MySQL Server up to 7.5.35/7.6.31/8.0.39/8.4.2/9.0.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component InnoDB. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-21218. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Oracle MySQL Cluster and MySQL Server up to 7.5.35/7.6.31/8.0.39/8.4.2/9.0.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component InnoDB. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.39 and prior, 8.4.2 and prior and 9.0.1 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 advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-21218 since 12/07/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required 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 209589 (CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: mysql (CVE-2024-21218)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209589). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• MySQL Cluster
• MySQL Server

Version

• 7.5.0
• 7.5.1
• 7.5.2
• 7.5.3
• 7.5.4
• 7.5.5
• 7.5.6
• 7.5.7
• 7.5.8
• 7.5.9
• 7.5.10
• 7.5.11
• 7.5.12
• 7.5.13
• 7.5.14
• 7.5.15
• 7.5.16
• 7.5.17
• 7.5.18
• 7.5.19
• 7.5.20
• 7.5.21
• 7.5.22
• 7.5.23
• 7.5.24
• 7.5.25
• 7.5.26
• 7.5.27
• 7.5.28
• 7.5.29
• 7.5.30
• 7.5.31
• 7.5.32
• 7.5.33
• 7.5.34
• 7.5.35
• 7.6.0
• 7.6.1
• 7.6.2
• 7.6.3
• 7.6.4
• 7.6.5
• 7.6.6
• 7.6.7
• 7.6.8
• 7.6.9
• 7.6.10
• 7.6.11
• 7.6.12
• 7.6.13
• 7.6.14
• 7.6.15
• 7.6.16
• 7.6.17
• 7.6.18
• 7.6.19
• 7.6.20
• 7.6.21
• 7.6.22
• 7.6.23
• 7.6.24
• 7.6.25
• 7.6.26
• 7.6.27
• 7.6.28
• 7.6.29
• 7.6.30
• 7.6.31
• 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
• 8.0.37
• 8.0.38
• 8.0.39
• 8.4.0
• 8.4.1
• 8.4.2
• 9.0.0
• 9.0.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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