Bug 2275428 (CVE-2024-20993)

Summary:	CVE-2024-20993 mysql: Server: Optimizer unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2024)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Mauro Matteo Cascella <mcascell>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	hhorak, jorton, ljavorsk, mschorm
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	mysql 8.0.36, mysql 8.2.1	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Easily exploitable vulnerability allows a 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.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2258841, 2258842, 2258840
Bug Blocks:	2275454

Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2024-04-17 08:54:55 UTC

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.35 and prior and 8.2.0 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.

External References:

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2024.html#AppendixMSQL

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2024-04-17 10:31:58 UTC

The Oracle advisory states that this issue was fixed upstream in version 8.0.36. The mysql packages as shipped in following Red Hat products were previously updated to a version that contains the fix via the following errata:

mysql:8.0/mysql in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0894

mysql in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1141

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-30 16:53:02 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2024:2619 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2619