CVE-2020-2579
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CVE-2020-2579 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.46 and prior, 5.7.28 and prior and 8.0.18 and prior. EPSS estimates a 2.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.46 and prior, 5.7.28 and prior and 8.0.18 and prior. Easily exploitable 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. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle | Mysql | >= 5.6.0, <= 5.6.46 |
| Oracle | Mysql | >= 5.7.0, <= 5.7.28 |
| Oracle | Mysql | >= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.18 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 19.10 |
| Netapp | Active Iq Unified Manager | All versions |
| Netapp | Oncommand Insight | All versions |
| Netapp | Oncommand Workflow Automation | All versions |
| Netapp | Snapcenter | All versions |
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-27Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200122-0002/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4250-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-27Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200122-0002/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4250-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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