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Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere

CVE-2021-3779

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

A malicious MySQL server can request local file content from a client using ruby-mysql prior to version 2.10.0 without explicit authorization from the user. This issue was resolved in version 2.10.0 and later.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-610 - Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere

The product uses an externally controlled name or reference that resolves to a resource that is outside of the intended control sphere.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published