Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: LDAP Auth). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.21 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-017774 advisory.

    Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: LDAP Auth).
    Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.21 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low     privileged attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the     MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in     takeover of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
    CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: LDAP Auth).
    Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.21 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low     privileged attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the     MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in     takeover of MySQL Server. (CVE-2020-14878)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202105-27 (MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MySQL. Please review       the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    An attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of       the process, escalate privileges, gain access to critical data or       complete access to all MySQL server accessible data, or cause a Denial of       Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

An update of the mysql package has been released.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4604-1 advisory.

    Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to     fix these issues.

    MySQL has been updated to 8.0.22 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04     LTS have been updated to MySQL 5.7.32.

    In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly     incompatible changes.

    Please see the following for more information:

    https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-32.html

    https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-22.html

    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of MySQL running on the remote host is 8.0.x prior to 8.0.22. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including the following, as noted in the October 2020 Critical Patch Update advisory:

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: LDAP Auth).   Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.21 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows   low privileged attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware   where the MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability   can result in takeover of MySQL Server (CVE-2020-14878).

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: DML). Supported versions   that are affected are 8.0.21 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker   with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this   vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Server (CVE-2020-14828)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that   are affected are 5.7.31 and prior and 8.0.21 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low   privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server.   Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or   frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server (CVE-2020-14775). 

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Oracle reports :

This Critical Patch Update contains 48 new security patches for Oracle MySQL.

The highest CVSS v3.1 Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle MySQL is 8.

NOTE: MariaDB only contains CVE-2020-14812 CVE-2020-14765 CVE-2020-14776 and CVE-2020-14789

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
314080	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: mysql (UTSA-2026-017774)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
246388	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-14878	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
156994	GLSA-202105-27 : MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	high
148357	Photon OS 4.0: Mysql PHSA-2021-4.0-0007	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	critical
142657	Photon OS 3.0: Mysql PHSA-2020-3.0-0160	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
141937	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : MySQL vulnerabilities (USN-4604-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
141798	MySQL 8.0.x < 8.0.22 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Oct 2020 CPU)	Nessus	Databases	Combined	medium
141793	FreeBSD : MySQL -- Multiple vulnerabilities (4fba07ca-13aa-11eb-b31e-d4c9ef517024)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	Local	high

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