Oracle MySQL 5.6.x < 5.6.28 Multiple Vulnerabilities (January 2016 CPU)

high Nessus Plugin ID 88383

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Synopsis

The remote host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of Oracle MySQL installed on the remote host is 5.6.x prior to 5.6.28. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An unspecified flaw exists in the Client subcomponent.
A local attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0546)

- An unspecified flaw exists in the Security:Encryption subcomponent. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to impact integrity. (CVE-2016-0606)

Additionally, unspecified denial of service vulnerabilities exist in the following MySQL subcomponents :

- DML (CVE-2016-0503, CVE-2016-0504, CVE-2016-0595, CVE-2016-0596, CVE-2016-0598)

- InnoDB (CVE-2016-0600, CVE-2016-0610)

- Optimizer (CVE-2016-0597, CVE-2016-0611)

- Options (CVE-2016-0505)

- Replication (CVE-2016-0607)

- Security:Privileges (CVE-2016-0609)

- UDF (CVE-2016-0608)

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the January 2016 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88383

File Name: mysql_5_6_28_rpm.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Databases

Published: 1/26/2016

Updated: 6/3/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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-2016-0546

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:mysql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mysql, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mysql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mysql

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0503, CVE-2016-0504, CVE-2016-0505, CVE-2016-0546, CVE-2016-0595, CVE-2016-0596, CVE-2016-0597, CVE-2016-0598, CVE-2016-0600, CVE-2016-0606, CVE-2016-0607, CVE-2016-0608, CVE-2016-0609, CVE-2016-0610, CVE-2016-0611

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