Security update for mariadb-connector-c

SUSE Security Update: Security update for mariadb-connector-c
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1431-1
Rating: important
References: #1171550
Cross-References:CVE-2020-13249
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for mariadb-connector-c fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2020-13249: Fixed an improper validation of OK packets received from clients (bsc#1171550).

Non-security issues fixed:
  • Update to release 3.1.8 (bsc#1171550) * CONC-304: Rename the static library to libmariadb.a and other libmariadb files in a consistent manner * CONC-441: Default user name for C/C is wrong if login user is different from effective user * CONC-449: Check $MARIADB_HOME/my.cnf in addition to $MYSQL_HOME/my.cnf * CONC-457: mysql_list_processes crashes in unpack_fields * CONC-458: mysql_get_timeout_value crashes when used improper * CONC-464: Fix static build for auth_gssapi_client plugin

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1431=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1431=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • libmariadb3-3.1.8-2.15.1
    • libmariadb3-debuginfo-3.1.8-2.15.1
    • libmariadb_plugins-3.1.8-2.15.1
    • libmariadb_plugins-debuginfo-3.1.8-2.15.1
    • mariadb-connector-c-debugsource-3.1.8-2.15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • libmariadb3-3.1.8-2.15.1
    • libmariadb3-debuginfo-3.1.8-2.15.1
    • libmariadb_plugins-3.1.8-2.15.1
    • libmariadb_plugins-debuginfo-3.1.8-2.15.1
    • mariadb-connector-c-debugsource-3.1.8-2.15.1

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