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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : mysql-connector-java (SUSE-SU-2022:1142-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 159647

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1142-1 advisory.

 - Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors product of Oracle MySQL (component: Connector/J). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.26 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all MySQL Connectors accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Connectors. (CVE-2021-2471)

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1195557

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2471

http://www.nessus.org/u?50e4aae6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 159647

File Name: suse_SU-2022-1142-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/12/2022

Updated: 11/1/2023

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: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-2471

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mysql-connector-java

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: 4/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-2471

IAVA: 2021-A-0487-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:1142-1