Vulnerability · Published Oct 21, 2020 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2020-14878

High 8.0

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in MySQL Server from Oracle Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.0High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: LDAP Auth). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.21 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Oracle Corporation	MySQL Server	8.0.21 and prior

References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html x_refsource_MISC
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201023-0003/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
GLSA-202105-27 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO