Resource Exhaustion Affecting mariadb-backup package, versions <3:10.5.16-2.el9_0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-MARIADBBACKUP-5644940
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed9 Aug 2022

Introduced: 9 Aug 2022

CVE-2021-46668  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 mariadb-backup to version 3:10.5.16-2.el9_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2022:5948.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mariadb-backup package and not the mariadb-backup package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

MariaDB through 10.5.9 allows an application crash via certain long SELECT DISTINCT statements that improperly interact with storage-engine resource limitations for temporary data structures.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1