Oracle MySQL Client up to 8.4.2/9.0.1 Mysqldump improper authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Oracle MySQL Client up to 8.4.2/9.0.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Mysqldump. This manipulation causes improper authorization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-21209. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle MySQL Client up to 8.4.2/9.0.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Mysqldump. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the MySQL Client product of Oracle MySQL (component: Client: mysqldump). Supported versions that are affected are 8.4.2 and prior and 9.0.1 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Client. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Client accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 2.0 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-21209 since 12/07/2023. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1548.002 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 250031 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-21209), 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 (250031). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Database Software

Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• MySQL Client

Version

• 8.4.0
• 8.4.1
• 8.4.2
• 9.0.0
• 9.0.1

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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