The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5400-2 advisory.

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are     affected are 5.7.37 and prior and 8.0.28 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high     privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable     crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). (CVE-2022-21417)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: FTS). Supported versions     that are affected are 5.7.37 and prior and 8.0.28 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high     privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable     crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). (CVE-2022-21427)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: DDL). Supported versions     that are affected are 5.7.37 and prior and 8.0.28 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows     high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable     crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). (CVE-2022-21444)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are     affected are 5.7.37 and prior and 8.0.28 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high     privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable     crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). (CVE-2022-21451)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Group Replication Plugin).
    Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.37 and prior and 8.0.28 and prior. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise     MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang     or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Availability     impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). (CVE-2022-21454)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Logging). Supported versions     that are affected are 5.7.37 and prior and 8.0.28 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows     high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all     MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.4 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N). (CVE-2022-21460)

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

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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : MySQL vulnerabilities (USN-5400-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 160507

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Version 1.7 Oct 21, 2023, 9:06 AM Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "False") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310210906
Version 1.6 Jul 11, 2023, 4:01 AM Detection Plugin Feed: 202307110401
Version 1.5 Apr 20, 2023, 4:15 PM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202304201615
Version 1.5 Jul 11, 2023, 1:48 AM Detection Plugin Feed: 202307110148
Version 1.4 Jan 18, 2023, 9:01 AM Logic Changes (Added support for s390x) Plugin Feed: 202301180901