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Vulnerability · Published Apr 19, 2022 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2022-21457

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in MySQL Server from Oracle Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.1% (higher than 82% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.1%top 18.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: PAM Auth Plugin). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.28 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.9 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9mysql8.0.30-3.el9_0ALSA-2022:6590
AlmaLinux:9mysql-common8.0.30-3.el9_0ALSA-2022:6590
AlmaLinux:9mysql-devel8.0.30-3.el9_0ALSA-2022:6590
AlmaLinux:9mysql-errmsg8.0.30-3.el9_0ALSA-2022:6590
AlmaLinux:9mysql-libs8.0.30-3.el9_0ALSA-2022:6590
AlmaLinux:9mysql-server8.0.30-3.el9_0ALSA-2022:6590
AlmaLinux:9mysql-test8.0.30-3.el9_0ALSA-2022:6590
Rocky Linux:9mysql0:8.0.30-3.el9_0RLSA-2022:6590
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmysql-8.08.0.29-0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5400-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmysql-8.08.0.29-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21457

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Oracle Corporation MySQL Server 8.0.28 and prior

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