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 8.2.0 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-2024-20975)

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

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 8.0.35 and prior and 8.2.0 and prior. Easily exploitable     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. (CVE-2023-5363)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: RAPID). Supported versions     that are affected are 8.0.35 and prior and 8.2.0 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-2023-20960)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported     versions that are affected are 8.0.35 and prior and 8.2.0 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-2023-20961)

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	Published	Updated	Severity
244892	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-20975	Nessus	Misc.	8/7/2025	8/7/2025	medium
239046	TencentOS Server 4: mysql (TSSA-2024:0671)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	6/16/2025	11/20/2025	medium
189233	Oracle MySQL Server 8.x < 8.3.0 (July 2024 CPU)	Nessus	Databases	1/19/2024	4/18/2025	high

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