Oracle MySQL Server 5.5.x < 5.5.30 yaSSL Buffer Overflow

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6766

Synopsis

The remote database server is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability

Description

The version of MySQL 5.5 installed on the remote host is earlier than 5.5.30. Therefore, affected by a buffer overflow related to 'yaSSL'. This error could possibly allow arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade to MySQL version 5.5.30 or later.

See Also

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-30.html

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-30.html

https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_0553_buffer_overflow

http://www.nessus.org/u?ef866628

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 6766

Family: Database

Published: 4/22/2013

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 65734

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mysql:mysql

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1492

BID: 58595