RHEL 8 : mariadb-connector-c (RHSA-2020:5503)

high Nessus Plugin ID 144383

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5503 advisory.

- mariadb-connector-c: Improper validation of content in a OK packet received from server (CVE-2020-13249)

- mysql: C API unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2020) (CVE-2020-2574)

- mysql: C API unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2020) (CVE-2020-2752, CVE-2020-2922)

- mysql: C API unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2021) (CVE-2021-2007)

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

Solution

Update the affected mariadb-connector-c, mariadb-connector-c-config and / or mariadb-connector-c-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-2574

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-2752

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-2922

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13249

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2007

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5503

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1798587

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1835849

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1835850

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1839827

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1922382

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 144383

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-5503.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/18/2020

Updated: 11/1/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13249

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-connector-c, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-connector-c-config, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-connector-c-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13249, CVE-2020-2574, CVE-2020-2752, CVE-2020-2922, CVE-2021-2007

CWE: 20, 400

IAVA: 2020-A-0021-S, 2020-A-0143-S, 2021-A-0038-S

RHSA: 2020:5503