SUSE SLES11 Security Update : mysql (SUSE-SU-2018:3542-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 118499

Language:

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

MySQL server was updated to version 5.5.62, fixing bugs and security issues.

Changes :

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-62.html

Following security issues were fixed :

CVE-2016-9843: The crc32_big function in zlib might have allowed context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving big-endian CRC calculation. (bsc#1013882) Please note that SUSE uses the system zlib, not the embedded copy.

CVE-2018-3133: Authenticated low privilege attackers could cause denial of service attacks (hangs or crashes) against the mysql server (bsc#1112369)

CVE-2018-3174: Authenticated high privilege attackers could cause denial of service attacks (hangs or crashes) against the mysql server (bsc#1112368)

CVE-2018-3282: Authenticated high privilege attackers could cause denial of service attacks (hangs or crashes) against the mysql server (bsc#1112432)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-mysql-13849=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-mysql-13849=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch slessp3-mysql-13849=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch sleposp3-mysql-13849=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-mysql-13849=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-mysql-13849=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 118499

File Name: suse_SU-2018-3542-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/30/2018

Updated: 7/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9843

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmysql55client_r18, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mysql-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mysql-tools, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmysql55client18, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mysql

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9843, CVE-2018-3133, CVE-2018-3174, CVE-2018-3282

Detections

Analytics