SuSE 11 Security Update : MySQL (SAT Patch Number 1114)

high Nessus Plugin ID 41421

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

- the COM_CREATE_DB and COM_DROP_DB suffered from format string vulnerabilities. (CVE-2009-2446)

- the command line client was prone to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks (CVE-2008-4456)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1114.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497546

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520608

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4456.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2446.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 41421

File Name: suse_11_libmysqlclient-devel-090716.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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: 8.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libmysqlclient15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libmysqlclient15-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libmysqlclient_r15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libmysqlclient_r15-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mysql-max, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mysql-client, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/16/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4456, CVE-2009-2446

CWE: 134, 79