CVE-2021-35604 Denial of service in MySQL Server

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

High-privileged attackers can cause MySQL Server crashes and modify data via network access, requiring immediate patching.

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

What is CVE-2021-35604?

CVE-2021-35604 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 20 Oct 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: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.35 and prior and 8.0.26 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 as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-35604?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including mariadb, mariadb-min and mysql-client. It affects 5 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
mariadb BitnamiFrom 10.2.010.2.41, 10.3.32, 10.4.22, 10.5.13, 10.6.3
mariadb-min BitnamiFrom 10.2.010.2.41, 10.3.32, 10.4.22, 10.5.13, 10.6.3
mysql-client BitnamiFrom 10.2.010.2.41, 10.3.32, 10.4.22, 10.5.13, 10.6.3
Linux distribution packages (20)
mariadb SUSE:Enterprise Storage 6All versions10.2.41-3.48.1
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOSAll versions10.2.41-3.48.1
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSSAll versions10.2.41-3.48.1
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOSAll versions10.2.41-3.48.1
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSSAll versions10.2.41-3.48.1
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2All versions10.4.22-3.22.1
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3All versions10.5.13-3.12.1
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSSAll versions10.2.41-3.44.3
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5All versions10.2.41-3.44.3
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCLAll versions10.2.41-3.48.1
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSSAll versions10.2.41-3.48.1
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSSAll versions10.2.41-3.48.1
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4All versions10.2.41-3.44.3
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5All versions10.2.41-3.44.3
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15All versions10.2.41-3.48.1
mariadb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1All versions10.2.41-3.48.1
mariadb SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9All versions10.2.41-3.44.3
mariadb SUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9All versions10.2.41-3.44.3
mariadb openSUSE:Leap 15.3All versions10.5.13-3.12.1
mariadb openSUSE:TumbleweedAll versions10.6.5-1.1

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mariadb Mariadb, Netapp Oncommand Insight, Netapp Snapcenter, Oracle Mysql Server.

How do I fix CVE-2021-35604?

Upgrade mariadb to a fixed version for your release line: 10.2.41, 10.3.32, 10.4.22 or 10.5.13.

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-2021-35604 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-35604 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2021-35604, BIT-mariadb-2021-35604, BIT-mariadb-min-2021-35604, BIT-mysql-client-2021-35604, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35604, GHSA-c9rm-w869-vhx6 and 9 more.

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