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Oracle Linux 8 : ELSA-2020-5503-1: / mariadb-connector-c (ELSA-2020-55031)

high Nessus Plugin ID 144373

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-55031 advisory.

 [3.1.11-2]
 - Require specific minimal version of the 'mariadb' package, if it is installed

 [3.1.11-1]
 - Rebase to 3.1.11

 [3.1.9-1]
 - Rebase to 3.1.9
 - Overlinking issues fixed by upstream in 3.1.3 release
 - Add explicit confict between mariadb-connector-c-devel and mysql-devel packages

 [3.1.2-1]
 - Rebase to 3.1.2
 - Introducing ED25519 plugin
 - Plugindir issues (from 3.0.9 release) fixed by upstream Resolves: #1691176

 [3.0.10-1]
 - Rebase to 3.0.10
 - Use macro for tarball name
 - Use macro to set build flags
 - Use macros for make commands
 - Remove the scriptlets non relevant for RHEL-8
 - Add info for the testsuite execution
 - Remove glob from library version
 - Remove info about the upstream issues

 [3.0.8-2]
 - Add 'zlib-devel' requirement in '-devel' subpackage. MariaDB requires linking with '-lz', which will fail without the zlib library
 - Resolves: #1710471

 [3.0.8-1]
 - Rebase to 3.0.8

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

Solution

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

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-5503-1.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 144373

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-55031.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/17/2020

Updated: 11/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mariadb-connector-c, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mariadb-connector-c-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mariadb-connector-c-config, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2020

Reference Information

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