CVE-2021-2009 Denial of service in MySQL Server

Medium 4.9 Published Updated

A high-privileged attacker can cause a complete denial of service in MySQL Server by triggering a hang or crash.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-2009?

CVE-2021-2009 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 20 Jan 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: Roles). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.19 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).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-2009?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Netapp Oncommand Insight, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation, Netapp Snapcenter, Oracle Mysql.

How do I fix CVE-2021-2009?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2021-2009 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-2009 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-j2g8-rpv4-4pqf, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2009.

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