Ubuntu 4.10 : mysql-dfsg vulnerability (USN-109-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20495

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

USN-32-1 fixed a database privilege escalation vulnerability; original advisory text :

'If a user was granted privileges to a database with a name containing an underscore ('_'), the user also gained the ability to grant privileges to other databases with similar names. (CAN-2004-0957)'

Recently a corner case was discovered where this vulnerability can still be exploited, so another update is necessary.

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20495

File Name: ubuntu_USN-109-1.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 1/15/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqlclient-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqlclient12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0957

USN: 109-1

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