CVE-2014-6491

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.5.39 and earlier and 5.6.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to SERVER:SSL:yaSSL, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-6500.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.17% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory oracle.com Vendor Advisory oracle.com Vendor Advisory oracle.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10698	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70444	vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62073	third party advisory permissions required
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-02.xml	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61579	third party advisory permissions required
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-6491?: CVE-2014-6491 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-6491?: To fix CVE-2014-6491, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-6491 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2014-6491 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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