Oracle Linux 7 : mariadb (ELSA-2016-1602)

high Nessus Plugin ID 92934

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2016:1602 :

An update for mariadb is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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.

MariaDB is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server that is binary compatible with MySQL.

The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
mariadb (5.5.50).

Security Fix(es) :

* This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MariaDB database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory pages, listed in the References section. (CVE-2016-0640, CVE-2016-0641, CVE-2016-0643, CVE-2016-0644, CVE-2016-0646, CVE-2016-0647, CVE-2016-0648, CVE-2016-0649, CVE-2016-0650, CVE-2016-0666, CVE-2016-3452, CVE-2016-3477, CVE-2016-3521, CVE-2016-3615, CVE-2016-5440, CVE-2016-5444)

Solution

Update the affected mariadb packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2016-August/006267.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92934

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1602.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2016

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mariadb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mariadb-bench, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mariadb-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mariadb-embedded, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mariadb-embedded-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mariadb-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mariadb-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mariadb-test, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0640, CVE-2016-0641, CVE-2016-0643, CVE-2016-0644, CVE-2016-0646, CVE-2016-0647, CVE-2016-0648, CVE-2016-0649, CVE-2016-0650, CVE-2016-0666, CVE-2016-3452, CVE-2016-3477, CVE-2016-3521, CVE-2016-3615, CVE-2016-5440, CVE-2016-5444

RHSA: 2016:1602