SUSE SLES12 Security Update : perl-DBD-mysql (SUSE-SU-2017:0123-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96528

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for perl-DBD-mysql fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2016-1251: A use-after-free when used with mysql_server_prepare=1 (bsc#1012546).

- CVE-2016-1246: Buffer overflow allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to an error message (bsc#1002626).

- CVE-2016-1249: Out-of-bounds read when using server-side prepared statement support (bsc#1010457).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-65=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-65=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-65=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96528

File Name: suse_SU-2017-0123-1.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/16/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-dbd-mysql, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-dbd-mysql-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-dbd-mysql-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1246, CVE-2016-1249, CVE-2016-1251

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