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CentOS 8 : mariadb-connector-c (CESA-2020:5503)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145920

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-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)

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

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145920

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-5503.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 3/23/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-connector-c-config, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-connector-c-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-connector-c

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

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

RHSA: 2020:5503