Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.36 and prior and 8.3.0 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).

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported     versions that are affected are 8.0.36 and prior and 8.3.0 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. (CVE-2024-21054)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6823-1 advisory.

    Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to     fix these issues.

    MySQL has been updated to 8.0.37 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.10, and Ubuntu 24.04     LTS.

    In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly     incompatible changes.

    Please see the following for more information:

    https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-37.html https://www.oracle.com/security-     alerts/cpuapr2024.html

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The versions of MySQL Server installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the January 2025 CPU advisory.

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Packaging (OpenSSL)).
    Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.36 and prior and 8.3.0 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability     allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via TLS 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 as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server accessible     data. (CVE-2023-6129)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: DML). Supported versions that     are affected are 8.0.34 and prior and 8.3.0 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 as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server accessible     data. (CVE-2024-21015)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions     that are affected are 8.0.36 and prior and 8.3.0 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. (CVE-2024-20998)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The versions of MySQL Server installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the July 2024 CPU advisory.

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Packaging (OpenSSL)).
    Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.36 and prior and 8.3.0 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability     allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via TLS 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 as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server accessible     data. (CVE-2023-6129)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: DML). Supported versions that     are affected are 8.0.34 and prior and 8.3.0 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 as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server accessible     data. (CVE-2024-21015)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Information Schema). Supported     versions that are affected are 8.0.36 and prior and 8.3.0 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability     allows low 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. (CVE-2024-20994)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
228084	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-21054	Nessus	Misc.	medium
200259	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS : MySQL vulnerabilities (USN-6823-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
193568	Oracle MySQL Server 8.0.x < 8.0.37 (January 2025 CPU)	Nessus	Databases	medium
193567	Oracle MySQL Server 8.x < 8.4.0 (July 2024 CPU)	Nessus	Databases	medium

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