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Medium ALSA-2020:5503 5 CVEs

Moderate: mariadb-connector-c security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Dec 15, 2020 · Updated Nov 5, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

The MariaDB Native Client library (C driver) is used to connect applications developed in C/C++ to MariaDB and MySQL databases.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: mariadb-connector-c (3.1.11). (BZ#1898993)

Security Fix(es):

* mysql: C API unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2020) (CVE-2020-2752)

* mysql: C API unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2020) (CVE-2020-2922)

* mariadb-connector-c: Improper validation of content in a OK packet received from server (CVE-2020-13249)

* mysql: C API unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2020) (CVE-2020-2574)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

* Code utilizing plugins can't be compiled properly (BZ#1899001)

* Add "zlib-devel" requirement in "-devel" subpackage (BZ#1899005)

* Replace hard-coded /usr with %{_prefix} (BZ#1899099)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-connector-c 3.1.11-2.el8_3
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-connector-c-config 3.1.11-2.el8_3
AlmaLinux · 8 mariadb-connector-c-devel 3.1.11-2.el8_3

Vulnerabilities 5

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1798587
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1835849
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1835850
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1839827
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1898993
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1899001
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1899099
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1922382
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2020-5503.html
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-13249
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-2574
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-2752
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-2922
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-2007