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Debian DSA-4002-1 : mysql-5.5 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103993

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several issues have been discovered in the MySQL database server. The vulnerabilities are addressed by upgrading MySQL to the new upstream version 5.5.58, which includes additional changes, such as performance improvements, bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes. Please see the MySQL 5.5 Release Notes and Oracle's Critical Patch Update advisory for further details :

 - https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5
 -58.html
 - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuo ct2017-3236626.html

Solution

Upgrade the mysql-5.5 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 5.5.58-0+deb8u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=878402

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-58.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?21aeff63

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/mysql-5.5

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4002

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103993

File Name: debian_DSA-4002.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2017

Updated: 11/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-10379

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mysql-5.5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10268, CVE-2017-10378, CVE-2017-10379, CVE-2017-10384

DSA: 4002