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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : MySQL vulnerabilities (USN-5123-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 154415

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5123-2 advisory.

 USN-5123-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

 Original advisory details:

 Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes

 new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues.

 MySQL has been updated to 8.0.27 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 21.04, and

 Ubuntu 21.10. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been updated to MySQL 5.7.36.

 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://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-36.html

 https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-27.html

 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5123-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 154415

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5123-2.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/26/2021

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-35604

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqlclient-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqlclient20, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client-core-5.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-testsuite-5.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server-5.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client-5.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-source-5.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqld-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server-core-5.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-common

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-35604, CVE-2021-35624

IAVA: 2021-A-0487-S

USN: 5123-2