RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-mysql56-mysql (RHSA-2016:1601)

high Nessus Plugin ID 210175

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rh-mysql56-mysql.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:1601 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 newer upstream version: rh-mysql56-mysql (5.6.32).

Security Fix(es):

* This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section.
(CVE-2016-3459, CVE-2016-3477, CVE-2016-3486, CVE-2016-3501, CVE-2016-3521, CVE-2016-3614, CVE-2016-3615, CVE-2016-5439, CVE-2016-5440)

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-mysql56-mysql package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:1601.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 210175

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-1601.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2024

Updated: 11/4/2024

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: 6.5

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8288

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3477

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql-test, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql-bench, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql-config, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql-server

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: 8/11/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3459, CVE-2016-3477, CVE-2016-3486, CVE-2016-3501, CVE-2016-3521, CVE-2016-3614, CVE-2016-3615, CVE-2016-5439, CVE-2016-5440, CVE-2016-5609, CVE-2016-5612, CVE-2016-5627, CVE-2016-5630, CVE-2016-8284, CVE-2016-8288

RHSA: 2016:1601

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