Alpine: multiple mariadb packages: security update to 10.1.20-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400940

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL through 5.5.51, 5.6.x through 5.6.32, and 5.7.x through 5.7.14; MariaDB;
Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.2, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-78-1, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-8; and Percona XtraDB
Cluster before 5.5.41-37.0, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-25.17, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-26.17, when using file-
based logging, allows local users with access to the mysql account to gain root privileges via a symlink
attack on error logs and possibly other files. (CVE-2016-6664)

- Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Optimizer). Supported
versions that are affected are 5.5.53 and earlier, 5.6.34 and earlier and 5.7.16 and earlier. Easily
exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to
compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to
cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.5
(Availability impacts). (CVE-2017-3238)

- Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Charsets). Supported
versions that are affected are 5.5.53 and earlier. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high
privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful
attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable
crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). (CVE-2017-3243)

- Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: DML). Supported
versions that are affected are 5.5.53 and earlier, 5.6.34 and earlier and 5.7.16 and earlier. Easily
exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to
compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to
cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.5
(Availability impacts). (CVE-2017-3244)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400940

Version: Revision 1.26

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 2/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

Percentile: 99.86

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6664

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6664, CVE-2017-3238, CVE-2017-3243, CVE-2017-3244, CVE-2017-3257, CVE-2017-3258, CVE-2017-3265, CVE-2017-3291, CVE-2017-3312, CVE-2017-3317, CVE-2017-3318

BID: 93612, 95491, 95501, 95520, 95538, 95560, 95565, 95571, 95585, 95588, 95589

IAVA: 2017-A-0024-S

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