CVE-2014-6491

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-10-15 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

Juniper Networks Junos Space: through 15.1
MariaDB: from 5.5.0 before 5.5.40; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.15 — fixed in 10.0.15, 5.5.40
MySQL Server: from 5.5.0 through 5.5.39; from 5.6.0 through 5.6.20
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 10.0.15, 5.5.40. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10698
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61579
http://secunia.com/advisories/62073
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-02.xml
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70444
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10698
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61579

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