SUSE SLES12 Security Update : perl-DBD-mysql (SUSE-SU-2018:1450-1) (BACKRONYM)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 110188

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Synopsis

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Description

This update for perl-DBD-mysql fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2017-10789: The DBD::mysql module when with mysql_ssl=1 setting enabled, means that SSL is optional (even though this setting's documentation has a \'your communication with the server will be encrypted\' statement), which could lead man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a cleartext-downgrade attack, a related issue to CVE-2015-3152. (bsc#1047059)

- CVE-2017-10788: The DBD::mysql module through 4.043 for Perl allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering (1) certain error responses from a MySQL server or (2) a loss of a network connection to a MySQL server. The use-after-free defect was introduced by relying on incorrect Oracle mysql_stmt_close documentation and code examples. (bsc#1047095)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-991=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1047059

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1047095

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10788/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10789/

http://www.nessus.org/u?deae703c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 110188

File Name: suse_SU-2018-1450-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/29/2018

Updated: 1/28/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-dbd-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-dbd-mysql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-dbd-mysql-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3152, CVE-2017-10788, CVE-2017-10789

BID: 74398