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Amazon Linux 2 : mariadb (ALASMARIADB10.5-2024-005)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 189475

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of mariadb installed on the remote host is prior to 10.5.23-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2MARIADB10.5-2024-005 advisory.

 - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.43 and prior, 8.0.34 and prior and 8.1.0. 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. (CVE-2023-22084)

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

Solution

Run 'yum update mariadb' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASMARIADB10.5-2024-005.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-22084.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 189475

File Name: al2_ALASMARIADB10_5-2024-005.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2024

Updated: 1/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22084

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-backup, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-config, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-connect-engine, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-cracklib-password-check, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-embedded, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-embedded-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-errmsg, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-gssapi-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-oqgraph-engine, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-pam, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-rocksdb-engine, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-s3-engine, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-server-galera, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-server-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-sphinx-engine, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb-test, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22084