CVE-2021-46657 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a MariaDB application crash by exploiting specific subquery uses of ORDER BY, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2021-46657?
CVE-2021-46657 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mariadb Mariadb, published on 29 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
get_sort_by_table in MariaDB before 10.6.2 allows an application crash via certain subquery uses of ORDER BY.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-46657?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including mariadb, mariadb-min and mysql-client. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
mariadb Bitnami | From 10.0.0 | 10.2.39, 10.3.30, 10.4.20, 10.5.11, 10.6.2 |
mariadb-min Bitnami | From 10.0.0 to 5.5.68 | 10.2.39, 10.3.30, 10.4.20, 10.5.11, 10.6.2 |
mysql-client Bitnami | From 10.0.0 | 10.2.39, 10.3.30, 10.4.20, 10.5.11, 10.6.2 |
Products include Mariadb Mariadb.
How do I fix CVE-2021-46657?
Upgrade mariadb to a fixed version for your release line: 10.2.39, 10.3.30, 10.4.20 or 10.5.11.
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-2021-46657 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-46657 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as AZL-8452, BIT-mariadb-2021-46657, BIT-mariadb-min-2021-46657, BIT-mysql-client-2021-46657, CLSA-2026-1782296408, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46657 and 2 more.