Medium severity · published Apr 15, 2020
CVE-2020-2875
Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors product of Oracle MySQL (component: Connector/J)
4.7
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors product of Oracle MySQL (component: Connector/J). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.14 and prior and 5.1.48 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in MySQL Connectors, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Connectors accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Connectors accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.7 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
32; 33 · source: NVD
MC
Mysql Connector/j · Oracle
5.1.0 through 5.1.48; 8.0.0 through 8.0.14 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2875
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-2875
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00015.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4QDR2WOUETBT76WAO5NNCCXSAM3AGG3D/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MDKQVPFT4Z4SFPBH6YNFMJOXKS2YYKHA/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-27
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4703
Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
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