Information disclosure in ClickHouse - CVE-2018-14669
Published: August 15, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30819
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14669
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ClickHouse
Affected software:
ClickHouse
ClickHouse
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
ClickHouse MySQL client before versions 1.1.54390 had "LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE" functionality enabled that allowed a malicious MySQL database read arbitrary files from the connected ClickHouse server.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-14669
Install update from vendor's website.