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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10 : mysql-dfsg-5.0 vulnerabilities (USN-559-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 29793
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Joe Gallo and Artem Russakovskii discovered that the InnoDB engine in MySQL did not properly perform input validation. An authenticated user could use a crafted CONTAINS statement to cause a denial of service.(CVE-2007-5925)
It was discovered that under certain conditions MySQL could be made to overwrite system table information. An authenticated user could use a crafted RENAME statement to escalate privileges. (CVE-2007-5969)
Philip Stoev discovered that the the federated engine of MySQL did not properly handle responses with a small number of columns. An authenticated user could use a crafted response to a SHOW TABLE STATUS query and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6304)
It was discovered that MySQL did not properly enforce access controls.
An authenticated user could use a crafted CREATE TABLE LIKE statement to escalate privileges. (CVE-2007-3781).
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.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 29793
File Name: ubuntu_USN-559-1.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 12/24/2007
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: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqlclient15-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqlclient15off, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client-5.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server-4.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server-5.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-3781, CVE-2007-5925, CVE-2007-5969, CVE-2007-6304