RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-mysql56-mysql (RHSA-2017:2787)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 210269

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rh-mysql56-mysql.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2787 advisory.

MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. It consists of the MySQL server daemon, mysqld, and many client programs.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: rh-mysql56-mysql (5.6.37).

Security Fix(es):

* An integer overflow flaw leading to a buffer overflow was found in the way MySQL parsed connection handshake packets. An unauthenticated remote attacker with access to the MySQL port could use this flaw to crash the mysqld daemon. (CVE-2017-3599)

* It was discovered that the mysql and mysqldump tools did not correctly handle database and table names containing newline characters. A database user with privileges to create databases or tables could cause the mysql command to execute arbitrary shell or SQL commands while restoring database backup created using the mysqldump tool. (CVE-2016-5483, CVE-2017-3600)

* Multiple flaws were found in the way the MySQL init script handled initialization of the database data directory and permission setting on the error log file. The mysql operating system user could use these flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3265)

* It was discovered that the mysqld_safe script honored the ledir option value set in a MySQL configuration file. A user able to modify one of the MySQL configuration files could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3291)

* It was discovered that the MySQL client command line tools only checked after authentication whether server supported SSL. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to hijack client's authentication to the server even if the client was configured to require SSL connection. (CVE-2017-3305)

* Multiple flaws were found in the way the mysqld_safe script handled creation of error log file. The mysql operating system user could use these flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3312)

* A flaw was found in the way MySQL client library (libmysqlclient) handled prepared statements when server connection was lost. A malicious server or a man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash an application using libmysqlclient. (CVE-2017-3302)

* This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory pages listed in the References section.
(CVE-2016-8327, CVE-2017-3238, CVE-2017-3244, CVE-2017-3257, CVE-2017-3258, CVE-2017-3273, CVE-2017-3308, CVE-2017-3309, CVE-2017-3313, CVE-2017-3317, CVE-2017-3318, CVE-2017-3450, CVE-2017-3452, CVE-2017-3453, CVE-2017-3456, CVE-2017-3461, CVE-2017-3462, CVE-2017-3463, CVE-2017-3464, CVE-2017-3633, CVE-2017-3634, CVE-2017-3636, CVE-2017-3641, CVE-2017-3647, CVE-2017-3648, CVE-2017-3649, CVE-2017-3651, CVE-2017-3652, CVE-2017-3653)

Red Hat would like to thank Pali Rohr for reporting CVE-2017-3305.

Bug Fix(es):

* Previously, the md5() function was blocked by MySQL in FIPS mode because the MD5 hash algorithm is considered insecure. Consequently, the mysqld daemon failed with error messages when FIPS mode was enabled. With this update, md5() is allowed in FIPS mode for non-security operations. Note that users are able to use md5() for security purposes but such usage is not supported by Red Hat. (BZ#1452469)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the RHEL rh-mysql56-mysql package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:2787.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414133

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414337

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414338

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414342

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414350

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414351

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414352

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414353

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414355

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414357

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414423

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414429

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422119

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1431690

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1433010

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443358

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443359

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443363

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443364

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443365

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443369

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443376

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443377

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443378

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443379

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443386

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1472683

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1472684

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1472686

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1472693

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1472703

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1472704

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1472705

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1472708

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1472710

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1472711

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477575

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482122

http://www.nessus.org/u?f1eac1b3

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2787

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

http://www.nessus.org/u?a1c38e52

http://www.nessus.org/u?54d9438d

http://www.nessus.org/u?50229a1a

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-35.html

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-36.html

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-37.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 210269

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-2787.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/5/2024

Updated: 11/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-3305

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 6

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-3312

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql-test, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql-bench, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql-config, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-mysql56-mysql-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: 9/21/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5483, CVE-2016-8327, CVE-2017-3238, CVE-2017-3244, CVE-2017-3257, CVE-2017-3258, CVE-2017-3265, CVE-2017-3273, CVE-2017-3291, CVE-2017-3302, CVE-2017-3305, CVE-2017-3308, CVE-2017-3309, CVE-2017-3312, CVE-2017-3313, CVE-2017-3317, CVE-2017-3318, CVE-2017-3450, CVE-2017-3452, CVE-2017-3453, CVE-2017-3456, CVE-2017-3461, CVE-2017-3462, CVE-2017-3463, CVE-2017-3464, CVE-2017-3599, CVE-2017-3600, CVE-2017-3633, CVE-2017-3634, CVE-2017-3636, CVE-2017-3641, CVE-2017-3647, CVE-2017-3648, CVE-2017-3649, CVE-2017-3651, CVE-2017-3652, CVE-2017-3653

CWE: 190, 319, 416, 426, 59, 77

RHSA: 2017:2787