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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-3477

high Nessus Plugin ID 219655

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.49 and earlier, 5.6.30 and earlier, and 5.7.12 and earlier and MariaDB before 5.5.50, 10.0.x before 10.0.26, and 10.1.x before 10.1.15 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Server: Parser. (CVE-2016-3477)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-3477

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3477

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 219655

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2016_3477.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 8/19/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.1

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3477

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-galera, cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:5::el6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:percona-server-5.6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mysql55-mysql

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3477