CVE-2019-2778: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Security: Privileges). Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.26 and prior and 8.0.16 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 update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.4 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L).

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only; version 19.04 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 29 only; version 30 only
• Oracle MySQL: from 5.7.0, up to and including 5.7.26; from 8.0.0, up to and including 8.0.16
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 8.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus: version 8.1 only; version 8.2 only; version 8.4 only; version 8.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 8.2 only; version 8.4 only; version 8.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 8.2 only; version 8.4 only; version 8.6 only
• Red Hat Software Collections: version 1.0 only

Published 2019-07-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.