Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : MariaDB vulnerabilities (USN-4070-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 127886

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

USN-4070-1 fixed multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the corresponding fixes for CVE-2019-2737, CVE-2019-2739, CVE-2019-2740, CVE-2019-2805 in MariaDB 10.1.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been updated to MariaDB 10.1.41.

In addition to security fixes, the updated package contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information:
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-10141-changelog/ https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-10141-release-notes/

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes a new upstream MySQL version to fix these issues.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 19.04 have been updated to MySQL 5.7.27.

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-27.html https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-507283 5.html.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4070-2/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 127886

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4070-2.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/14/2019

Updated: 9/17/2020

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-2739

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmariadbclient-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmariadbclient-dev-compat, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmariadbclient18, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmariadbd-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmariadbd18, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-client-10.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-client-core-10.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-plugin-connect, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-plugin-gssapi-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-plugin-gssapi-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-plugin-mroonga, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-plugin-oqgraph, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-plugin-spider, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-plugin-tokudb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-server-10.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-server-core-10.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-test, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb-test-data, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-2737, CVE-2019-2739, CVE-2019-2740, CVE-2019-2805

USN: 4070-2