CVE-2022-21611 Denial of service in MySQL Server

Medium 4.1 Published Updated

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

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-21611?

CVE-2022-21611 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netapp Oncommand Insight, published on 18 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, 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 8.0.30 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where MySQL Server executes 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 4.1 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21611?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Netapp Oncommand Insight, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation, Oracle Mysql.

How do I fix CVE-2022-21611?

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-2022-21611 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21611 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Netapp Oncommand Insight vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as AZL-11205, GHSA-2hj8-q57r-32v5, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21611.

Is CVE-2022-21611 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free