Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer).
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.31 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).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat 3 advisories
- RHSA-2023:3087 Released 2023-05-16 · Red Hat rating Importantmysql:8.0 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) mecab-0.996-2.module+el8.8.0+18436+8918dd75.aarch64::mysql:8.0, mecab-0.996-2.module+el8.8.0+18436+8918dd75.ppc64le::mysql:8.0, mecab-0.996-2.module+el8.8.0+18436+8918dd75.s390x::mysql:8.0 +44
- RHSA-2023:2621 Released 2023-05-09 · Red Hat rating Importantmysql security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) mysql-8.0.32-1.el9_2, mysql-common-8.0.32-1.el9_2, mysql-errmsg-8.0.32-1.el9_2 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) mysql-devel-8.0.32-1.el9_2, mysql-libs-8.0.32-1.el9_2, mysql-test-8.0.32-1.el9_2
- RHSA-2023:1102 Released 2023-03-07 · Red Hat rating Moderaterh-mysql80-mysql security update
- Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7) rh-mysql80-mysql-8.0.32-1.el7, rh-mysql80-mysql-common-8.0.32-1.el7, rh-mysql80-mysql-config-8.0.32-1.el7 +8
- Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7) rh-mysql80-mysql-8.0.32-1.el7, rh-mysql80-mysql-common-8.0.32-1.el7, rh-mysql80-mysql-config-8.0.32-1.el7 +8
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:3087 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2621 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2621 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:1102 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:1102 |
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
- Red Hat Software Collections
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-21870
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-57m7-9qvc-6gvg
References
Advisory 1
More Oracle Mysql Server vulnerabilities
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- TI-2022-01176 The c_rehash script allows command injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-04451 XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2021-04444 XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-05762 Use after free in https://github.com/curl/curl CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2021-05807 Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in https://github.com/curl/curl CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2023-21870 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-21870 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-57m7-9qvc-6gvg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-21870 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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