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Debian DSA-2496-1 : mysql-5.1 - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59774

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Due to the non-disclosure of security patch information from Oracle, we are forced to ship an upstream version update of MySQL 5.1. There are several known incompatible changes, which are listed in /usr/share/doc/mysql-server/NEWS.Debian.gz.

Several issues have been discovered in the MySQL database server. The vulnerabilities are addressed by upgrading MySQL to a new upstream version, 5.1.63, which includes additional changes, such as performance improvements and corrections for data loss defects. These changes are described in the MySQL release notes.

 CVE-2012-2122, an authentication bypass vulnerability, occurs only when MySQL has been built in with certain optimisations enabled. The packages in Debian stable (squeeze) are not known to be affected by this vulnerability. It is addressed in this update nonetheless, so future rebuilds will not become vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Upgrade the MySQL packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 5.1.63-0+squeeze1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=670636

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677018

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-x.html

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2122

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/mysql-5.1

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2496

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59774

File Name: debian_DSA-2496.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/29/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mysql-5.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2012

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0540, CVE-2012-0583, CVE-2012-1688, CVE-2012-1689, CVE-2012-1690, CVE-2012-1703, CVE-2012-1734, CVE-2012-2102, CVE-2012-2122, CVE-2012-2749

BID: 53058, 53061, 53067, 53074, 53911

DSA: 2496