CVE-2020-13249 Other in n/a

High 8.8 Published Updated

The MariaDB Connector/C library fails to properly validate OK packet content, potentially leading to undefined behavior or security issues.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-13249?

CVE-2020-13249 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 20 May 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c in MariaDB Connector/C before 3.1.8 does not properly validate the content of an OK packet received from a server. NOTE: although mariadb_lib.c was originally based on code shipped for MySQL, this issue does not affect any MySQL components supported by Oracle.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13249?

It affects 3 products.

Linux distribution packages (11)
mariadb-connector-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOSAll versions3.1.8-3.18.1
mariadb-connector-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSSAll versions3.1.8-3.18.1
mariadb-connector-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1All versions3.1.8-3.18.1
mariadb-connector-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1All versions3.1.8-3.18.1
mariadb-connector-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4All versions3.1.8-2.15.1
mariadb-connector-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5All versions3.1.8-2.15.1
mariadb-connector-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSSAll versions3.1.8-3.18.1
mariadb-connector-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4All versions3.1.8-2.15.1
mariadb-connector-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5All versions3.1.8-2.15.1
mariadb-connector-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15All versions3.1.8-3.18.1
mariadb-connector-c openSUSE:Leap 15.1All versions3.1.8-lp151.3.12.1

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mariadb Connector\/C, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2020-13249?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-13249 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13249 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2020-13249, GHSA-44c7-hc99-224f, JLSEC-2026-211, SUSE-SU-2020:1423-1, SUSE-SU-2020:1431-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13249 and 2 more.

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