Improper Authorization Affecting mysql:mysql-connector-java package, versions [,8.0.28)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-MYSQL-2386864
  • published 28 Jan 2022
  • disclosed 18 Jan 2022
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade mysql:mysql-connector-java to version 8.0.28 or higher.

Overview

mysql:mysql-connector-java is a provides connectivity for client applications developed in the Java programming language with MySQL Connector/J, a driver that implements the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authorization via the MysqlSQLXML::getSource() function. A malicious actor with high privileges can access all of the MySQL connector's accessible data and crash the connectors.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.6 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

6.6 medium
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Red Hat

6.6 medium