RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-mysql57-mysql (RHSA-2018:3655)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194018

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rh-mysql57-mysql.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3655 advisory.

MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. It consists of the MySQL server daemon, mysqld, and many client programs.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: rh-mysql57-mysql (5.7.24).
(BZ#1642523, BZ#1643049, BZ#1643060)

Security Fix(es):

* mysql: Server: Replication unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2018) (CVE-2018-2755)

* mysql: Server: Security: Privileges multiple unspecified vulnerabilities (CPU Apr 2018) (CVE-2018-2758, CVE-2018-2818)

* mysql: InnoDB multiple unspecified vulnerabilities (CPU Apr 2018) (CVE-2018-2759, CVE-2018-2766, CVE-2018-2777, CVE-2018-2782, CVE-2018-2784, CVE-2018-2786, CVE-2018-2787, CVE-2018-2810, CVE-2018-2819)

* mysql: Client programs unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2018) (CVE-2018-2761)

* mysql: Server: Connection unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2018) (CVE-2018-2762)

* mysql: Server: Pluggable Auth unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2018) (CVE-2018-2769)

* mysql: Server: Locking unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2018) (CVE-2018-2771)

* mysql: Server: Optimizer multiple unspecified vulnerabilities (CPU Apr 2018) (CVE-2018-2775, CVE-2018-2778, CVE-2018-2779, CVE-2018-2780, CVE-2018-2781, CVE-2018-2812, CVE-2018-2816)

* mysql: Group Replication GCS unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2018) (CVE-2018-2776)

* mysql: Server: DDL multiple unspecified vulnerabilities (CPU Apr 2018) (CVE-2018-2813, CVE-2018-2817)

* mysql: Server: DML unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2018) (CVE-2018-2839)

* mysql: Server: Performance Schema unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2018) (CVE-2018-2846)

* mysql: Server: DDL multiple unspecified vulnerabilities (CPU Jul 2018) (CVE-2018-3054, CVE-2018-3077)

* mysql: Server: Security: Privileges unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jul 2018) (CVE-2018-3056)

* mysql: MyISAM unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jul 2018) (CVE-2018-3058)

* mysql: InnoDB multiple unspecified vulnerabilities (CPU Jul 2018) (CVE-2018-3060, CVE-2018-3064)

* mysql: Server: DML multiple unspecified vulnerabilities (CPU Jul 2018) (CVE-2018-3061, CVE-2018-3065)

* mysql: Server: Memcached unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jul 2018) (CVE-2018-3062)

* mysql: Client mysqldump unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jul 2018) (CVE-2018-3070)

* mysql: Audit Log unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jul 2018) (CVE-2018-3071)

* mysql: Client programs unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jul 2018) (CVE-2018-3081)

* mysql: Server: Parser multiple unspecified vulnerabilities (CPU Oct 2018) (CVE-2018-3133, CVE-2018-3155)

* mysql: InnoDB multiple unspecified vulnerabilities (CPU Oct 2018) (CVE-2018-3143, CVE-2018-3156, CVE-2018-3162, CVE-2018-3173, CVE-2018-3185, CVE-2018-3200, CVE-2018-3251, CVE-2018-3277, CVE-2018-3284)

* mysql: Server: Security: Audit unspecified vulnerability (CPU Oct 2018) (CVE-2018-3144)

* mysql: Server: Partition multiple unspecified vulnerabilities (CPU Oct 2018) (CVE-2018-3161, CVE-2018-3171)

* mysql: Server: Optimizer unspecified vulnerability (CPU Oct 2018) (CVE-2018-3187)

* mysql: Server: Merge unspecified vulnerability (CPU Oct 2018) (CVE-2018-3247)

* mysql: Server: Memcached unspecified vulnerability (CPU Oct 2018) (CVE-2018-3276)

* mysql: Server: RBR unspecified vulnerability (CPU Oct 2018) (CVE-2018-3278)

* mysql: Server: Storage Engines unspecified vulnerability (CPU Oct 2018) (CVE-2018-3282)

* mysql: Server: Logging unspecified vulnerability (CPU Oct 2018) (CVE-2018-3283)

* mysql: pid file can be created in a world-writeable directory (CPU Apr 2018) (CVE-2018-2773)

* mysql: Server: Options unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jul 2018) (CVE-2018-3066)

* mysql: Init script calling kill with root privileges using pid from pidfile owned by mysql user (CPU Oct 2018) (CVE-2018-3174)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL rh-mysql57-mysql package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:3655.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194018

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-3655.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2024

Updated: 4/15/2025

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: 6.5

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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-2019-2731

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-2755

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql57-mysql-config, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql57-mysql, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql57-mysql-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql57-mysql-server, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql57-mysql-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql57-mysql-errmsg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql57-mysql-common

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-2755, CVE-2018-2758, CVE-2018-2759, CVE-2018-2761, CVE-2018-2762, CVE-2018-2766, CVE-2018-2769, CVE-2018-2771, CVE-2018-2773, CVE-2018-2775, CVE-2018-2776, CVE-2018-2777, CVE-2018-2778, CVE-2018-2779, CVE-2018-2780, CVE-2018-2781, CVE-2018-2782, CVE-2018-2784, CVE-2018-2786, CVE-2018-2787, CVE-2018-2810, CVE-2018-2812, CVE-2018-2813, CVE-2018-2816, CVE-2018-2817, CVE-2018-2818, CVE-2018-2819, CVE-2018-2839, CVE-2018-2846, CVE-2018-3054, CVE-2018-3056, CVE-2018-3058, CVE-2018-3060, CVE-2018-3061, CVE-2018-3062, CVE-2018-3064, CVE-2018-3065, CVE-2018-3066, CVE-2018-3070, CVE-2018-3071, CVE-2018-3077, CVE-2018-3081, CVE-2018-3133, CVE-2018-3143, CVE-2018-3144, CVE-2018-3155, CVE-2018-3156, CVE-2018-3161, CVE-2018-3162, CVE-2018-3171, CVE-2018-3173, CVE-2018-3174, CVE-2018-3185, CVE-2018-3187, CVE-2018-3200, CVE-2018-3247, CVE-2018-3251, CVE-2018-3276, CVE-2018-3277, CVE-2018-3278, CVE-2018-3282, CVE-2018-3283, CVE-2018-3284, CVE-2019-2731

CWE: 121

RHSA: 2018:3655

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