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Scientific Linux Security Update : mysql on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130108)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 63599
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Synopsis
The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
It was found that the fix for the CVE-2009-4030 issue, a flaw in the way MySQL checked the paths used as arguments for the DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY directives when the 'datadir' option was configured with a relative path, was incorrectly removed when the mysql packages in Scientific Linux 5 were updated to version 5.0.95 via SLSA-2012:0127. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to bypass the restriction preventing the use of subdirectories of the MySQL data directory being used as DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY paths. This update re-applies the fix for CVE-2009-4030.(CVE-2012-4452)
Note: If the use of the DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY directives were disabled as described in SLSA-2010:0109 (by adding 'symbolic-links=0' to the '[mysqld]' section of the 'my.cnf' configuration file), users were not vulnerable to this issue.
This update also fixes the following bugs :
- Prior to this update, the log file path in the logrotate script did not behave as expected. As a consequence, the logrotate function failed to rotate the '/var/log/mysqld.log' file. This update modifies the logrotate script to allow rotating the mysqld.log file.
- Prior to this update, the mysqld daemon could fail when using the EXPLAIN flag in prepared statement mode. This update modifies the underlying code to handle the EXPLAIN flag as expected.
- Prior to this update, the mysqld init script could wrongly report that mysql server startup failed when the server was actually started. This update modifies the init script to report the status of the mysqld server as expected.
- Prior to this update, the '--enable-profiling' option was by default disabled. This update enables the profiling feature.
After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 63599
File Name: sl_20130108_mysql_on_SL5_x.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 1/17/2013
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mysql, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mysql-bench, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mysql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mysql-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mysql-server, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mysql-test, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-4030, CVE-2012-4452
CWE: 59