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RHEL 8 : mariadb:10.3 and mariadb-devel:10.3 (RHSA-2021:1240)
high Nessus Plugin ID 148771
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for mariadb:10.3 / mariadb-devel:10.3.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1240 advisory.- mariadb: writable system variables allows a database user with SUPER privilege to execute arbitrary code as the system mysql user (CVE-2021-27928)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL mariadb:10.3 / mariadb-devel:10.3 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:1240.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?52faeb8e
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 148771
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-1240.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/19/2021
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27928
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-server-galera, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-server-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-test, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:judy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:judy-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:asio, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:asio-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:galera, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-backup, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-embedded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-embedded-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-errmsg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-gssapi-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-oqgraph-engine, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-server
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/19/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-27928