Security Advisory - Command Injection Vulnerability in the GaussDB
- SA No:huawei-sa-20170531-02-gaussdb
- Initial Release Date: May 31, 2017
- Last Release Date: May 31, 2017
The GaussDB has a command injection vulnerability. Due to the lack of input validation on some parameters, an attacker with low privilege may inject some specific command to modify database files, causing database service abnormal. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-05043)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1899.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170531-02-gaussdb-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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FusionSphere OpenStack |
V100R005C00SPC100 and earlier versions |
Upgrade to V100R005C10SPC700 |
An attacker may exploit the vulnerability to modify some database files, causing database service abnormal.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 5.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)
Temporal Score: 5.0 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
1. An attacker could access the GaussDB
Vulnerability details:
Due to the lack of input validation on some parameters, an attacker with low privilege may inject some specific command to modify database files, causing database service abnormal.
Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.
This vulnerability was discovered by Huawei internal tester.
2017-05-31 V1.0 INITIAL
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