Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : MariaDB vulnerabilities (USN-3957-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 125386

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

USN-3957-1 fixed multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update addresses some of them in MariaDB 5.5.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has been updated to MariaDB 5.5.64.

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information:
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-5564-changelog/ https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-5564-release-notes/

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

Solution

Update the affected mariadb-server package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3957-2/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 125386

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3957-2.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/24/2019

Updated: 5/21/2024

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-2627

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-2614, CVE-2019-2627

USN: 3957-2