The version of MariaDB 5.1 running on the remote host is prior to 5.1.66. It is, therefore, affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.
A remote, authenticated attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory pages. (CVE-2012-1688, CVE-2012-1690, CVE-2012-1703, CVE-2012-2749, CVE-2012-0540, CVE-2012-1689, CVE-2012-1734, CVE-2012-3163, CVE-2012-3158, CVE-2012-3177, CVE-2012-3166, CVE-2012-3173, CVE-2012-3150, CVE-2012-3180, CVE-2012-3167, CVE-2012-3197, CVE-2012-3160)

These updated packages upgrade MySQL to version 5.1.66. Refer to the MySQL release notes for a full list of changes.

After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically.

The version of MySQL 5.5 installed on the remote host is earlier than 5.5.24 and is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Several errors exist related to 'GIS Extension',     'Server', 'InnoDB' and 'Server Optimizer' components     that can allow denial of service attacks.
    (CVE-2012-0540, CVE-2012-1734, CVE-2012-1735,     CVE-2012-1756, CVE-2012-1757)

  - A security bypass vulnerability exists that occurs due     to improper casting during user login sessions.
    (Bug #64884 / CVE-2012-2122)

  - An error exists related to key length and sort order     index that can lead to application crashes.
    (Bug #59387 / CVE-2012-2749)

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201308-06 (MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MySQL. Please review       the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, possibly       resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the       application or a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Updated mysql packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links 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.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory pages, listed in the References section. (CVE-2012-1688, CVE-2012-1690, CVE-2012-1703, CVE-2012-2749, CVE-2012-0540, CVE-2012-1689, CVE-2012-1734, CVE-2012-3163, CVE-2012-3158, CVE-2012-3177, CVE-2012-3166, CVE-2012-3173, CVE-2012-3150, CVE-2012-3180, CVE-2012-3167, CVE-2012-3197, CVE-2012-3160)

These updated packages upgrade MySQL to version 5.1.66. Refer to the MySQL release notes listed in the References section for a full list of changes.

All MySQL users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically.

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.

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1462 advisory.

    [5.1.66-1]
    - Update to 5.1.66, for assorted upstream bugfixes including       CVEs announced in July and October 2012     Resolves: #871813

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

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

The version of MariaDB installed on the remote host is prior to 5.5.24. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mariadb-5-5-24-release-notes advisory.

  - Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.1.62 and earlier and 5.5.23 and earlier allows remote     authenticated users to affect availability, related to GIS Extension. (CVE-2012-0540)

  - Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.1.62 and earlier, and 5.5.23 and earlier, allows remote     authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Server Optimizer.
    (CVE-2012-1734)

  - Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.5.23 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to     affect availability via unknown vectors related to Server Optimizer. (CVE-2012-1735)

  - Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.5.23 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to     affect availability via unknown vectors. (CVE-2012-1756)

  - Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.5.23 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to     affect availability via unknown vectors related to InnoDB. (CVE-2012-1757)

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

The version of MySQL 5.1 installed on the remote host is earlier than 5.1.63 and is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - Several errors exist related to 'GIS Extension' and     'Server Optimizer' components that can allow denial of     service attacks. (CVE-2012-0540, CVE-2012-1689,     CVE-2012-1734)

  - A security bypass vulnerability exists that occurs due     to improper casting during user login sessions.
    (Bug #64884 / CVE-2012-2122)

  - An error exists related to key length and sort order     index that can lead to application crashes.
    (Bug #59387 / CVE-2012-2749)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1462 advisory.

  - mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to GIS extension DoS  (CPU Jul 2012) (CVE-2012-0540)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to DML (CPU Apr 2012) (CVE-2012-1688)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to Server Optimizer (CPU Jul 2012) (CVE-2012-1689,     CVE-2012-1734)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to Server Optimizer (CPU Apr 2012) (CVE-2012-1690,     CVE-2012-1703)

  - mysql: incorrect type cast in check_scramble() leading to authentication bypass (CVE-2012-2122)

  - mysql: crash caused by wrong calculation of key length for sort order index (CVE-2012-2749)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to Server Optimizer (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3150,     CVE-2012-3180)

  - mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to the MySQL Protocol (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3158)

  - mysql: unspecified vulnerability in Server Installation leading to information disclosure (CPU Oct 2012)     (CVE-2012-3160)

  - mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Information Schema (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3163)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to InnoDB (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3166)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to Server Full Text Search (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3167)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to InnoDB Plugin (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3173)

  - mysql: unspecified Server DoS vulnerability (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3177)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to Server Replication (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3197)

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

The version of MySQL 5.5 installed on the remote host is earlier than 5.5.24 and is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Several errors exist related to 'GIS Extension',  'Server', 'InnoDB' and 'Server Optimizer' components that can allow denial of service attacks. (CVE-2012-0540, CVE-2012-1734, CVE-2012-1735, CVE-2012-1756, CVE-2012-1757)

  - A security bypass vulnerability exists that occurs due to improper casting during user login sessions. (Bug #64884 / CVE-2012-2122)

  - An error exists related to key length and sort order  index that can lead to application crashes. (Bug #59387 / CVE-2012-2749)

The version of MySQL 5.1 installed on the remote host is earlier than 5.1.63 and is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Several errors exist related to 'GIS Extension' and 'Server Optimizer' components that can allow denial of service attacks. (CVE-2012-0540, CVE-2012-1689, CVE-2012-1734)

  - A security bypass vulnerability exists that occurs due to improper casting during user login sessions. (Bug #64884 / CVE-2012-2122)

  - An error exists related to key length and sort order  index that can lead to application crashes. (Bug #59387 / CVE-2012-2749

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
63147	MariaDB 5.1 < 5.1.66 Buffer Overflow	Nessus	Databases	12/4/2012	11/18/2022	high
62934	Scientific Linux Security Update : mysql on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20121114)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	11/16/2012	1/14/2021	high
59449	MySQL 5.5 < 5.5.24 Security Bypass Vulnerability	Nessus	Databases	6/11/2012	12/4/2019	medium
69508	GLSA-201308-06 : MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	8/30/2013	1/6/2021	medium
62921	CentOS 6 : mysql (CESA-2012:1462)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	11/15/2012	1/4/2021	high
59774	Debian DSA-2496-1 : mysql-5.1 - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	6/29/2012	1/11/2021	medium
68658	Oracle Linux 6 : mysql (ELSA-2012-1462)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	7/12/2013	10/22/2024	critical
167889	MariaDB 5.5.0 < 5.5.24 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Databases	11/18/2022	11/18/2022	high
59448	MySQL 5.1 < 5.1.63 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Databases	6/11/2012	12/4/2019	medium
62923	RHEL 6 : mysql (RHSA-2012:1462)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/15/2012	4/21/2024	critical
6515	Oracle MySQL Server 5.5 < 5.5.24 Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Database	7/13/2012	3/6/2019	high
6653	Oracle MySQL Server 5.1 < 5.1.63 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Database	7/13/2012	3/6/2019	high
801157	MySQL Server 5.5 < 5.5.24 Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	Database	7/13/2012		medium
801134	MySQL Server 5.1 < 5.1.63 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	Database	7/13/2012		medium

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