CentOS 5 : mysql (CESA-2010:0442)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 46763

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated mysql packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

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

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way MySQL handled the parameters of the MySQL COM_FIELD_LIST network protocol command (this command is sent when a client uses the MySQL mysql_list_fields() client library function). An authenticated database user could send a request with an excessively long table name to cause a temporary denial of service (mysqld crash) or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the database server. (CVE-2010-1850)

A directory traversal flaw was found in the way MySQL handled the parameters of the MySQL COM_FIELD_LIST network protocol command. An authenticated database user could use this flaw to obtain descriptions of the fields of an arbitrary table using a request with a specially crafted table name. (CVE-2010-1848)

A flaw was discovered in the way MySQL handled symbolic links to tables created using the DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY directives in CREATE TABLE statements. An attacker with CREATE and DROP table privileges, and shell access to the database server, could use this flaw to remove data and index files of tables created by other database users using the MyISAM storage engine. (CVE-2010-1626)

All MySQL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected mysql packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7c017c89

http://www.nessus.org/u?6ca566f5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 46763

File Name: centos_RHSA-2010-0442.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-bench, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql-test, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2010

Exploitable With

CANVAS (White_Phosphorus)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1626, CVE-2010-1848, CVE-2010-1850

BID: 40106, 40109, 40257

RHSA: 2010:0442