Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : MySQL vulnerabilities (USN-4604-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141937

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4604-1 advisory.

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

MySQL has been updated to 8.0.22 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS have been updated to MySQL 5.7.32.

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

Please see the following for more information:

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-32.html

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-22.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4604-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141937

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4604-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/27/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: 7.7

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14878

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqlclient20, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client-core-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-testsuite-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server-5.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server-core-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client-5.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client-core-5.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-testsuite-5.7, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server-core-5.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqlclient21, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-router, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqld-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmysqlclient-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-source-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-source-5.7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14672, CVE-2020-14760, CVE-2020-14765, CVE-2020-14769, CVE-2020-14771, CVE-2020-14773, CVE-2020-14775, CVE-2020-14776, CVE-2020-14777, CVE-2020-14785, CVE-2020-14786, CVE-2020-14789, CVE-2020-14790, CVE-2020-14791, CVE-2020-14793, CVE-2020-14794, CVE-2020-14800, CVE-2020-14804, CVE-2020-14809, CVE-2020-14812, CVE-2020-14814, CVE-2020-14821, CVE-2020-14827, CVE-2020-14828, CVE-2020-14829, CVE-2020-14830, CVE-2020-14836, CVE-2020-14837, CVE-2020-14838, CVE-2020-14839, CVE-2020-14844, CVE-2020-14845, CVE-2020-14846, CVE-2020-14848, CVE-2020-14852, CVE-2020-14853, CVE-2020-14860, CVE-2020-14861, CVE-2020-14866, CVE-2020-14867, CVE-2020-14868, CVE-2020-14869, CVE-2020-14870, CVE-2020-14873, CVE-2020-14878, CVE-2020-14888, CVE-2020-14891, CVE-2020-14893

USN: 4604-1