CentOS 6 : mysql (CESA-2017:0184)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 96812

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Synopsis

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

Description

An update for mysql is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) 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.

Security Fix(es) :

* It was discovered that the MySQL logging functionality allowed writing to MySQL configuration files. An administrative database user, or a database user with FILE privileges, could possibly use this flaw to run arbitrary commands with root privileges on the system running the database server. (CVE-2016-6662)

* A race condition was found in the way MySQL performed MyISAM engine table repair. A database user with shell access to the server running mysqld could use this flaw to change permissions of arbitrary files writable by the mysql system user. (CVE-2016-6663, CVE-2016-5616)

Solution

Update the affected mysql packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 96812

File Name: centos_RHSA-2017-0184.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 1/27/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6662

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-bench, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-embedded, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-embedded-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-test, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5616, CVE-2016-6662, CVE-2016-6663

RHSA: 2017:0184

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