OS Command Injection in MariaDB - CVE-2020-15180
Published: December 23, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49122
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15180
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MariaDB Foundation
Affected software:
MariaDB
MariaDB
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the wsrep_sst_method method in the mysql-wsrep component of mariadb. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on galera cluster node.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-15180
Install updates from vendor's website.