SB2020122307 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux TUS 8.2 update for mariadb-connector-c

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SB2020122307 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux TUS 8.2 update for mariadb-connector-c

Published: December 23, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020122307
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.


1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2574)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the C API component in MySQL Client. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2752)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the C API component in MySQL Client. A remote authenticated user can exploit this vulnerability to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2922)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the C API component in MySQL Client. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information.


4) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13249)

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the content of an OK packet received from a server within the libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c file in MariaDB Connector/C.  A remote attacker can trick the victim to connect to a malicious MariaDB server and trigger memory corruption.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References