openSUSE 15 Security Update : mysql-connector-java (SUSE-SU-2023:2979-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178931

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2023:2979-1 advisory.

- CVE-2023-21971: Fixed a denial-of-service vulnerability in the java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection() method when used with untrusted inputs (bsc#1211247).

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

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

Solution

Update the affected mysql-connector-java package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178931

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2979-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/27/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.21

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-21971

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-21971

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2979-1

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