Improper input validation in MySQL Server - CVE-2024-20983

 

Improper input validation in MySQL Server - CVE-2024-20983

Published: January 16, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85491
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20983
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Server: DML component in MySQL Server. A remote privileged 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
mecab
mecab-ipadic
mecab-ipadic-EUCJP
mysql-server-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
rh-mysql80-mysql (Red Hat package)
mysql (Red Hat package)
mysql-server
mysql-libs
mysql-errmsg
mysql-devel
mysql-common
mysql
mysql-test
mysql-help
mysql-debugsource
mysql-debuginfo
mysql-config
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace

How to mitigate CVE-2024-20983

Install updates from vendor's website.

MySQL Server - update to 8.0.35
mecab - update to 0.996-2
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace - addressed in versions 2.0.95, 2.1.2
mecab-ipadic - update to 2.7.0.20070801-16.0.1
mecab-ipadic-EUCJP - 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-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-test - update to 8.0.36-1.0.1
mysql-test - update to 8.0.38-1
mysql-server - update to 8.0.38-1
mysql-libs - update to 8.0.38-1
mysql-help - update to 8.0.38-1
mysql-errmsg - update to 8.0.38-1
mysql-devel - update to 8.0.38-1
mysql-debugsource - update to 8.0.38-1
mysql-debuginfo - update to 8.0.38-1
mysql-config - update to 8.0.38-1
mysql-common - update to 8.0.38-1
mysql - update to 8.0.38-1

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