RHEL 8 : mariadb-connector-c (RHSA-2020:5662)

high Nessus Plugin ID 144558

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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-2020:5662 advisory.

The MariaDB Native Client library (C driver) is used to connect applications developed in C/C++ to MariaDB and MySQL databases.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: mariadb-connector-c (3.1.11).
(BZ#1898997)

Security Fix(es):

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

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

* 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)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

* Code utilizing plugins can't be compiled properly (BZ#1899004)

* Add zlib-devel requirement in -devel subpackage (BZ#1899008)

* Replace hard-coded /usr with %{_prefix} (BZ#1899102)

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.

Solution

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 144558

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-5662.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/22/2020

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-connector-c-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-connector-c-config, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-connector-c

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: 12/22/2020

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: 2020:5662

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