Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Thread Pooling). Supported versions that are affected are 8.4.0 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/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: Thread Pooling). Supported     versions that are affected are 8.4.0 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-2024-21176)

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

An update of the mysql package has been released.

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: Optimizer).  Supported versions that     are affected are 8.0.37 and prior and  8.4.0 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. (CVE-2024-21177)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions     that are affected are 8.0.37 and prior and 8.4.0 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. (CVE-2024-21171)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions     that are affected are 8.0.37 and prior and 8.4.0 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-2024-21163)

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
245137	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-21176	Nessus	Misc.	medium
204933	Photon OS 4.0: Mysql PHSA-2024-4.0-0661	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
204847	Photon OS 5.0: Mysql PHSA-2024-5.0-0335	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
202619	Oracle MySQL Server 8.x < 8.4.1 (January 2025 CPU)	Nessus	Databases	medium

Detections

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CVE-2024-21176

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Tenable Plugins

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