Improper input validation in MySQL Connectors - CVE-2020-2875

 

Improper input validation in MySQL Connectors - CVE-2020-2875

Published: April 15, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26943
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2875
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Connector/J component in MySQL Connectors. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read and manipulate data.


Affected software

MySQL Connectors
Gentoo Linux
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
HPE Helion Openstack
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Fedora
mysql-connector-java (Debian package)
mysql-connector-java
Fuse

How to mitigate CVE-2020-2875

Install updates from vendor's website.

MySQL Connectors - update to 8.0.15
mysql-connector-java (Debian package) - update to 5.1.49-0+deb9u1
mysql-connector-java - update to 5.1.42-5.7.1
Fuse - update to 7.10.0
mysql-connector-java - addressed in versions 8.0.21-1.fc32, 8.0.21-1.fc33

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