openSUSE Security Update : mysql-connector-java (openSUSE-2015-389)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83914

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

mysql-connector-java was updated to 5.1.35 to fix one security issue and a number of bugs.

The following vulnerability was fixed :

- CVE-2015-2575: Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows successful authenticated network attacks via multiple protocols. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some MySQL Connectors accessible data as well as read access to a subset of MySQL Connectors accessible data.

In addition, mysql-connector-java was updated to 5.1.35 to fix a number of upstream bugs, details of which listed in CHANGES as well as http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-j/en/news-5-1.html

Solution

Update the affected mysql-connector-java package.

See Also

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-j/en/news-5-1.html

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=927981

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83914

File Name: openSUSE-2015-389.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mysql-connector-java, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2575