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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-MARIADB-3383204
  • published3 Feb 2022
  • disclosed27 May 2021

Introduced: 27 May 2021

CVE-2021-46668  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

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

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mariadb package and not the mariadb package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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 Scores

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