Bug 1890777 (CVE-2020-14869)

Summary: CVE-2020-14869 mysql: Server: Security: LDAP Auth unspecified vulnerability (CPU Oct 2020)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: msiddiqu
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: damien.ciabrini, databases-maint, dbecker, dciabrin, hhorak, jjoyce, jorton, jschluet, lhh, ljavorsk, lpeer, mbayer, mburns, mkocka, mmuzila, mschorm, sclewis, slinaber, SpikeFedora
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Fixed In Version: mysql 5.7.32, mysql 8.0.22 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Description msiddiqu 2020-10-22 20:17:51 UTC 
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: LDAP Auth). Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.31 and prior and 8.0.21 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server.

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https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html#AppendixMSQL
Comment 1 msiddiqu 2020-10-22 20:40:22 UTC 
Created community-mysql tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1890789]


Created mysql:5.7/community-mysql tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-32 [bug 1890791]


Created mysql:8.0/community-mysql tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1890790]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-10-27 14:22:05 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-14869
Comment 3 Tomas Hoger 2020-11-03 13:49:10 UTC 
LDAP authentication plugin is only included in the MySQL Enterprise Edition and is not part of the Community Edition:

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/ldap-pluggable-authentication.html