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vulnerability

Oracle MySQL: CVE-2023-21972

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 18, 2023
Added
Apr 21, 2023
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

Description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: DML). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.32 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Solution

mysql-upgrade-8_0_33
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