The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:0279 advisory.

    MariaDB is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. For all practical purposes, MariaDB is     binary-compatible with MySQL.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: rh-mariadb100-mariadb (10.0.33).

    Security Fix(es):

    * A flaw was found in the way the mysqld_safe script handled creation of error log file. The mysql     operating system user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2016-5617,     CVE-2016-6664)

    * 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)

    * 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 MariaDB database server. Information about these flaws     can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory pages listed in the References section.
    (CVE-2017-3238, CVE-2017-3243, CVE-2017-3244, CVE-2017-3257, CVE-2017-3258, CVE-2017-3308, CVE-2017-3309,     CVE-2017-3313, CVE-2017-3317, CVE-2017-3318, CVE-2017-3453, CVE-2017-3456, CVE-2017-3464, CVE-2017-3636,     CVE-2017-3641, CVE-2017-3653, CVE-2017-10268, CVE-2017-10286, CVE-2017-10378, CVE-2017-10379,     CVE-2017-10384)

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.

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RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-mariadb100-mariadb (RHSA-2018:0279)

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Version 1.4 Sep 1, 2025, 10:01 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploited by malware" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202509012201
Version 1.3 Aug 29, 2025, 3:06 PM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2016-6664,CVE-2017-3238,CVE-2017-3243,CVE-2017-3244,CVE-2017-3257,CVE-2017-3258,CVE-2017-3265,CVE-2017-3291,CVE-2017-3302,CVE-2017-3308,CVE-2017-3309,CVE-2017-3312,CVE-2017-3313,CVE-2017-3317,CVE-2017-3318,CVE-2017-3453,CVE-2017-3456,CVE-2017-3464,CVE-2017-3636,CVE-2017-3641,CVE-2017-3653,CVE-2017-10268,CVE-2017-10286,CVE-2017-10378,CVE-2017-10379,CVE-2017-10384") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Exploit attributes ("Exploited by malware" changed from "True" to none) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202508291506
Version 1.2 Nov 6, 2024, 9:25 AM Exploit attributes ("Exploited by malware" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202411060925
Version 1.1 Nov 5, 2024, 12:50 PM New Plugin Feed: 202411051250