SB2020122308 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 update for mariadb-connector-c
Published: December 23, 2020
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2574)
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)
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)
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)
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.