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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : MySQL vulnerabilities (USN-2781-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86617

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2781-1 advisory.

 Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues.

 MySQL has been updated to 5.5.46 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 15.10 have been updated to MySQL 5.6.27.

 In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

 Please see the following for more information:
 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-45.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-46.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-26.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-27.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2781-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86617

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2781-1.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/27/2015

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4819

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4913

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqlclient-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqlclient18, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqld-pic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server-5.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client-core-5.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client-5.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-source-5.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server-core-5.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqld-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-testsuite-5.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-common

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: 10/26/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4730, CVE-2015-4766, CVE-2015-4792, CVE-2015-4800, CVE-2015-4802, CVE-2015-4815, CVE-2015-4816, CVE-2015-4819, CVE-2015-4826, CVE-2015-4830, CVE-2015-4833, CVE-2015-4836, CVE-2015-4858, CVE-2015-4861, CVE-2015-4862, CVE-2015-4864, CVE-2015-4866, CVE-2015-4870, CVE-2015-4879, CVE-2015-4890, CVE-2015-4895, CVE-2015-4904, CVE-2015-4910, CVE-2015-4913

USN: 2781-1