Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Connector/J). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.12 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Connectors. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - mysql-connector-java: Connector/J unspecified vulnerability (CPU October 2018) (CVE-2018-3258)

  - Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.34 and earlier allows     remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors related to     Connector/J. (CVE-2015-2575)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Connector/J). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.1.40 and earlier. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low     privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. While the     vulnerability is in MySQL Connectors, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Connectors. (CVE-2017-3523)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4366 advisory.

    Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based     infrastructure. It allows for provisioning, remote management, and     monitoring of multiple Linux deployments with a single centralized tool.

    Security Fix(es):

    * mysql-connector-java: Connector/J unspecified vulnerability (CPU October 2018) (CVE-2018-3258)
    * netty: HTTP Request Smuggling due to Transfer-Encoding whitespace mishandling (CVE-2020-7238)
    * rubygem-websocket-extensions: ReDoS vulnerability in Sec-WebSocket-Extensions parser (CVE-2020-7663)
    * puppet: puppet server and puppetDB may leak sensitive information via metrics API (CVE-2020-7943)
    * jackson-databind: multiple serialization gadgets (CVE-2020-8840 CVE-2020-9546 CVE-2020-9547     CVE-2020-9548 CVE-2020-10968 CVE-2020-10969 CVE-2020-11619 CVE-2020-14061 CVE-2020-14062 CVE-2020-14195)
    * foreman: unauthorized cache read on RPM-based installations through local user (CVE-2020-14334)
    * Satellite: Local user impersonation by Single sign-on (SSO) user leads to account takeover     (CVE-2020-14380)
    * Django: Incorrect HTTP detection with reverse-proxy connecting via HTTPS (CVE-2019-12781)
    * rubygem-rack: hijack sessions by using timing attacks targeting the session id (CVE-2019-16782)
    * rubygem-secure_headers: limited header injection when using dynamic overrides with user input     (CVE-2020-5216)
    * rubygem-secure_headers: directive injection when using dynamic overrides with user input (CVE-2020-5217)
    * rubygem-actionview: views that use the `j` or `escape_javascript` methods are susceptible to XSS attacks     (CVE-2020-5267)
    * puppet: Arbitrary catalog retrieval (CVE-2020-7942)
    * rubygem-rack: directory traversal in Rack::Directory (CVE-2020-8161)
    * rubygem-rack: percent-encoded cookies can be used to overwrite existing prefixed cookie names     (CVE-2020-8184)
    * hibernate-validator: Improper input validation in the interpolation of constraint error messages     (CVE-2020-10693)
    * puppet-agent: Puppet Agent does not properly verify SSL connection when downloading a CRL     (CVE-2018-11751)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE     page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    * Provides the Satellite Ansible Modules that allow for full automation of your Satellite configuration     and deployment.

    * Adds ability to install Satellite and Capsules and manage hosts in a IPv6 network environment

    * Ansible based Capsule Upgrade automation: Ability to centrally upgrade all of your Capsule servers with     a single job execution.

    * Platform upgrades to Postgres 12, Ansible 2.9, Ruby on Rails and latest version of Puppet

    * Support for HTTP UEFI provisioning

    * Support for CAC card authentication with Keycloak integration

    * Add ability to upgrade Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 hosts to version 8 using the LEAPP based tooling.

    * Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Traces integration

    * satellite-maintain & foreman-maintain are now self updating

    * Notifications in the UI to warn users when subscriptions are expiring.

    The items above are not a complete list of changes. This update also fixes     several bugs and adds various enhancements. Documentation for these changes     is available from the Release Notes document linked to in the References     section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

Fixes CVE-2018-3258 Connector/J unspecified vulnerability (CPU October 2018)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
199365	RHEL 7 : mysql-connector-java (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
196276	RHEL 6 : mysql-connector-java (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
142452	RHEL 7 : Satellite 6.8 (Important) (RHSA-2020:4366)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
120551	Fedora 28 : 1:mysql-connector-java (2018-7a5bcb4dbe)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
120501	Fedora 29 : 1:mysql-connector-java (2018-6b350bb946)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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