USN-4603-1: MariaDB vulnerabilities

Publication date

27 October 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in MariaDB.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that MariaDB didn’t properly validate the content of a packet
received from a server. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to sent
a specialy crafted file to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13249)

It was discovered that MariaDB has other security issues. An attacker can cause
a hang or frequently repeatable crash (denial of service). (CVE-2020-15180,
CVE-2020-2752, CVE-2020-2760, CVE-2020-2812, CVE-2020-2814)

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new
features, and possibly incompatible changes.

It was discovered that MariaDB didn’t properly validate the content of a packet
received from a server. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to sent
a specialy crafted file to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13249)

It was discovered that MariaDB has other security issues. An attacker can cause
a hang or frequently repeatable crash (denial of service). (CVE-2020-15180,
CVE-2020-2752, CVE-2020-2760, CVE-2020-2812, CVE-2020-2814)

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new
features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Update instructions

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart MariaDB to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 focal mariadb-server –  1:10.3.25-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 bionic mariadb-server –  1:10.1.47-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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