Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0005: mariadb:10.5 (ALINUX3-SA-2026:0005)

high Nessus Plugin ID 288859

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2026:0005 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2025-13699:
MariaDB mariadb-dump Utility Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of MariaDB. Interaction with the mariadb-dump utility is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of view names. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-27000.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 288859

File Name: alinux3_sa_2026-0005.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-13699

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mariadb-errmsg, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mariadb-oqgraph-engine, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mariadb-server-galera, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mariadb-backup, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mariadb-gssapi-server, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mariadb-common, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mariadb, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mariadb-server, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mariadb-test, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mariadb-server-utils, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mariadb-devel, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mariadb-pam, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mariadb-embedded-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mariadb-embedded

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13699

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