Multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL Workbench

Published: 2019-10-15

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2019-15494 CVE-2019-8457
CWE-ID	CWE-918 CWE-125
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	MySQL Workbench Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers
Vendor	Oracle

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

EUVDB-ID: #VU23894

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15494

CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the "Grafana Module". A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

MySQL Workbench: 8.0.11 - 8.0.17

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2019.html?62416

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU18657

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8457

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read