CVE-2019-2797: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.2. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Client programs). Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.26 and prior and 8.0.16 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the MySQL Server executes 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 3.0 Base Score 4.2 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only; version 19.04 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.