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Oracle MySQL: CVE-2022-21479

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 19, 2022
Added
May 4, 2022
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

Description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.28 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 and unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H).

Solution

mysql-upgrade-8_0_29
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