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CentOS 5 : mysql (CESA-2012:0127)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57951

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated mysql packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. It consists of the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) and many client programs and libraries.

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-2012-0075, CVE-2012-0087, CVE-2012-0101, CVE-2012-0102, CVE-2012-0114, CVE-2012-0484, CVE-2012-0490)

These updated packages upgrade MySQL to version 5.0.95. Refer to the MySQL release notes for a full list of changes :

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-x.html

All MySQL users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected mysql packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a361de5d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57951

File Name: centos_RHSA-2012-0127.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/15/2012

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-1849

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-test, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-bench

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1849, CVE-2012-0075, CVE-2012-0087, CVE-2012-0101, CVE-2012-0102, CVE-2012-0114, CVE-2012-0484, CVE-2012-0490

BID: 51502, 51505, 51509, 51515, 51520, 51524, 51526

RHSA: 2012:0127