CVE-2019-2923 Information disclosure in MySQL Server

What is CVE-2019-2923?

CVE-2019-2923 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: Encryption). Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.45 and prior and 5.7.27 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2923?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Oncommand Insight, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation, Netapp Snapcenter, Oracle Mysql.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2923?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-2923 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2923 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-873v-pm99-33mp, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-2923.