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Oracle Linux 9 : mysql:8.4 (ELSA-2026-5640)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 303693

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-5640 advisory.

 mecab [0.996-3.4]
 - Bump version for package rebuild We are moving the 'mecab-devel' RPM from the 'buildroot' repo to the 'CRB' repo
 - Resolves: #2182069

 [0.996-3.3]
 - Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags Related: rhbz#1991688

 [0.996-3.2]
 - Rebuilt for RHEL 9 BETA on Apr 15th 2021. Related: rhbz#1947937

 mecab-ipadic [2.7.0.20070801-24.0.1]
 - Rename the LICENSE.Fedora to LICENSE.oracle

 [2.7.0.20070801-24]
 - Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags Related: rhbz#1991688

 [2.7.0.20070801-23]
 - Rebuilt for RHEL 9 BETA on Apr 15th 2021. Related: rhbz#1947937

 [2.7.0.20070801-22]
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild

 [2.7.0.20070801-21]
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild

 [2.7.0.20070801-20]
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Mass_Rebuild

 mysql [8.4.8-1]
 - Rebase to 8.4.8

 rapidjson [1.1.0-19]
 - Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags Related: rhbz#1991688

 [1.1.0-18]
 - Remove gtest dependency and turn off tests Resolves: #1977656

 [1.1.0-17]
 - Rebuilt for RHEL 9 BETA on Apr 15th 2021. Related: rhbz#1947937

 [1.1.0-16]
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild

 [1.1.0-15]
 - Add patch for C++20 support

 [1.1.0-14]
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild

 [1.1.0-13]
 - Install pkg-config and cmake files to arched location
 - Build documentation as noarch

 [1.1.0-12]
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Mass_Rebuild

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-5640.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 303693

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-5640.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/25/2026

Updated: 3/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-21968

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-21948

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mecab, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql-errmsg, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rapidjson-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql-test-data, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mecab-ipadic, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mecab-ipadic-eucjp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql-common, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mecab-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rapidjson-doc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-21936, CVE-2026-21937, CVE-2026-21941, CVE-2026-21948, CVE-2026-21964, CVE-2026-21968

IAVA: 2026-A-0073