Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Audit Log). Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.26 and prior and 8.0.16 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low 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.
External References:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
Created community-mysql tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1732044]
Created mysql:5.7/community-mysql tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1732040]
MySQL Enterprise Audit plugin is a feature of MySQL Enterprise Edition:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/audit-log.html
This flaw can not affect MySQL packages included in Red Hat products that are based on MySQL Community Edition that does not include audit_log plugin.