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Slackware Linux 15.0 / current mariadb Vulnerability (SSA:2025-036-02)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 215043

Synopsis

The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to mariadb.

Description

The version of mariadb installed on the remote host is prior to 10.5.28 / 11.4.5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2025-036-02 advisory.

 New mariadb packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues.

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

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected mariadb package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6ac99c3f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 215043

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2025-036-02.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/5/2025

Updated: 2/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21490

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:mariadb, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21490