vulnerability
Oracle MySQL: CVE-2024-21166: Improper Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:M/C:N/I:C/A:C) | Jul 16, 2024 | Jul 26, 2024 | Jul 14, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:M/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 16, 2024
Added
Jul 26, 2024
Modified
Jul 14, 2026
Description
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.36 and prior and 8.3.0 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all MySQL Server accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.9 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).
Solutions
mysql-upgrade-8_0_37mysql-upgrade-8_4_0
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