Oracle MySQL Enterprise Monitor up to 4.0.12/8.0.20 General null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle MySQL Enterprise Monitor up to 4.0.12/8.0.20. This affects an unknown function of the component General. Performing a manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-1967. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle MySQL Enterprise Monitor up to 4.0.12/8.0.20 (Database Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality of the component General. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was disclosed 07/15/2020 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-1967. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211827 (Oracle Linux 9 : edk2 (ELSA-2024-12842)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (211827). The entries VDB-154169, VDB-158073, VDB-158074 and VDB-158075 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• MySQL Enterprise Monitor

Version

• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.7
• 4.0.8
• 4.0.9
• 4.0.10
• 4.0.11
• 4.0.12
• 8.0.0
• 8.0.1
• 8.0.2
• 8.0.3
• 8.0.4
• 8.0.5
• 8.0.6
• 8.0.7
• 8.0.8
• 8.0.9
• 8.0.10
• 8.0.11
• 8.0.12
• 8.0.13
• 8.0.14
• 8.0.15
• 8.0.16
• 8.0.17
• 8.0.18
• 8.0.19
• 8.0.20

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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