The version of MariaDB installed on the remote host is prior to 10.1.21. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mariadb-10121-release-notes advisory.

  - mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL through 5.5.51, 5.6.x through 5.6.32, and 5.7.x through 5.7.14; MariaDB;
    Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.2, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-78-1, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-8; and Percona XtraDB     Cluster before 5.5.41-37.0, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-25.17, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-26.17, when using file-     based logging, allows local users with access to the mysql account to gain root privileges via a symlink     attack on error logs and possibly other files. (CVE-2016-6664)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Optimizer). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.5.53 and earlier, 5.6.34 and earlier and 5.7.16 and earlier. 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 v3.0 Base Score 6.5     (Availability impacts). (CVE-2017-3238)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Charsets). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.5.53 and earlier. 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 v3.0 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). (CVE-2017-3243)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: DML). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.5.53 and earlier, 5.6.34 and earlier and 5.7.16 and earlier. 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 v3.0 Base Score 6.5     (Availability impacts). (CVE-2017-3244)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: InnoDB). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.6.34 and earlier5.7.16 and earlier. 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 v3.0 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts).
    (CVE-2017-3257)

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

Detections

Analytics

MariaDB 10.1.0 < 10.1.21 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 167880

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Version 1.4 Jun 25, 2025, 10:34 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202506251034
Version 1.3 Nov 21, 2022, 1:49 PM Exploit attributes Plugin Feed: 202211211349
Version 1.2 Nov 18, 2022, 5:52 PM New Plugin Feed: 202211181752