CVE-2024-21232 Denial of service in MySQL Server
A high-privileged attacker can cause a partial denial of service in MySQL Server via network access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-21232?
CVE-2024-21232 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Mysql, published on 15 Oct 2024. 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: Components Services). 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 Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 2.2 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21232?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Mysql.
How do I fix CVE-2024-21232?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2024-21232 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21232 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Mysql
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6vrv-p2wx-g2fg, MINI-28vh-pv2v-4q3m, MINI-37q7-62q2-3433, MINI-p534-jm6x-6x9x, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21232.