The version of MariaDB installed on the remote host is prior to 5.5.59. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mariadb-5-5-59-release-notes advisory.

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server : Partition). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.5.58 and prior, 5.6.38 and prior and 5.7.19 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 as well as unauthorized update, insert or     delete access to some of MySQL Server accessible data. (CVE-2018-2562)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: DDL). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.5.58 and prior, 5.6.38 and prior and 5.7.20 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. (CVE-2018-2622)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Optimizer). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.5.58 and prior, 5.6.38 and prior and 5.7.20 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. (CVE-2018-2640, CVE-2018-2665,     CVE-2018-2668)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Parser). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.5.61 and prior, 5.6.41 and prior, 5.7.23 and prior and 8.0.12 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. (CVE-2018-3133)

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

MariaDB 5.5.0 < 5.5.59 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 167876

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