Oracle MySQL Cluster/MySQL Server up to 9.0.1 Thread Pooling improper authorization

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A vulnerability 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. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Thread Pooling. The manipulation results in improper authorization. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-21238. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability 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. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Thread Pooling. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Thread Pooling). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.39 and prior, 8.4.1 and prior and 9.0.1 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low 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 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-21238 since 12/07/2023. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/19/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1548.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209242 (Oracle MySQL Cluster 8.0.x < 8.0.40 / 8.4.x < 8.4.3 / 9.0.x < 9.0.2 (October 2024 CPU)), 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 (209242). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit 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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