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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : DBD::mysql vulnerabilities (USN-5344-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183695

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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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5344-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that the DBD::mysql module, when configured with server-side prepared statement support, was susceptible to operations that would result in improper memory access. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DBD::mysql to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-1249, CVE-2016-1251)

 It was discovered that the DBD::mysql module was susceptible to an operation that would result in improper memory access, introduced through incorrect documentation and code examples. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DBD::mysql to crash or potentially cause other, unspecified, impact.
 (CVE-2017-10788)

 It was discovered that the DBD::mysql module processed SSL/TLS settings in a way that did not fully correlate with the respective documentation for each setting. An attacker could possibly use this to perform a cleartext-downgrade attack. (CVE-2017-10789)

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 libdbd-mysql-perl package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5344-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183695

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5344-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2017-10788

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdbd-mysql-perl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1249, CVE-2016-1251, CVE-2017-10788, CVE-2017-10789

USN: 5344-1