Improper input validation in MySQL Server - CVE-2024-20964

 

Improper input validation in MySQL Server - CVE-2024-20964

Published: January 16, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85488
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20964
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Server: Security: Privileges component in MySQL Server. A remote authenticated user can exploit this vulnerability to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

MySQL Server
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
openEuler
Ubuntu
Fedora
IBM Security Guardium
mecab
mecab-ipadic-EUCJP
mecab-ipadic
mysql-server-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
rh-mysql80-mysql (Red Hat package)
mysql (Red Hat package)
mysql-test
mysql-server
mysql-libs
mysql-errmsg
mysql-devel
mysql-common
mysql
mysql-debugsource
mysql-debuginfo
mysql-help
mysql-config
community-mysql

How to mitigate CVE-2024-20964

Install updates from vendor's website.

MySQL Server - update to 8.3.0
mecab - update to 0.996-2
mecab-ipadic-EUCJP - update to 2.7.0.20070801-16.0.1
mecab-ipadic - update to 2.7.0.20070801-16.0.1
mysql-server-8.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.36-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 8.0.36-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 8.0.36-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
rh-mysql80-mysql (Red Hat package) - update to 8.0.36-1.el7
mysql (Red Hat package) - update to 8.0.36-1.el9_3
mysql-test - update to 8.0.36-1.0.1
mysql-server - update to 8.0.36-1.0.1
mysql-libs - update to 8.0.36-1.0.1
mysql-errmsg - update to 8.0.36-1.0.1
mysql-devel - update to 8.0.36-1.0.1
mysql-common - update to 8.0.36-1.0.1
mysql - update to 8.0.36-1.0.1
mysql-common - addressed in versions 8.0.37-1, 8.0.37-2, 8.0.38-1
mysql-errmsg - addressed in versions 8.0.37-1, 8.0.37-2, 8.0.38-1
mysql - addressed in versions 8.0.37-1, 8.0.37-2, 8.0.38-1
mysql-debugsource - addressed in versions 8.0.37-1, 8.0.37-2, 8.0.38-1
mysql-libs - addressed in versions 8.0.37-1, 8.0.37-2, 8.0.38-1
mysql-server - addressed in versions 8.0.37-1, 8.0.37-2, 8.0.38-1
mysql-test - addressed in versions 8.0.37-1, 8.0.37-2, 8.0.38-1
mysql-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.0.37-1, 8.0.37-2, 8.0.38-1
mysql-devel - addressed in versions 8.0.37-1, 8.0.37-2, 8.0.38-1
mysql-help - addressed in versions 8.0.37-1, 8.0.37-2, 8.0.38-1
mysql-config - addressed in versions 8.0.37-1, 8.0.37-2, 8.0.38-1
community-mysql - update to 8.0.39-1.fc39

External References

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