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openSUSE 15 Security Update : mysql-connector-java (SUSE-SU-2023:2979-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178931

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2023:2979-1 advisory.

 - Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors product of Oracle MySQL (component: Connector/J). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.32 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Connectors as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Connectors accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Connectors accessible data. (CVE-2023-21971)

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/1211247

http://www.nessus.org/u?00f5b997

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-21971

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178931

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2979-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/27/2023

Updated: 7/27/2023

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: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-21971

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 7/26/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-21971

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2979-1