MariaDB 5.5.0 < 5.5.28 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 65731

Synopsis

The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of MariaDB installed on the remote host is prior to 5.5.28. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mariadb-5528-release-notes advisory.

- Unspecified vulnerability in the Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.65 and earlier and 5.5.27 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability, related to GIS Extension.
(CVE-2012-5060)

- Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.65 and earlier, and 5.5.27 and earlier, allows local users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to Server Installation.
(CVE-2012-3160)

- Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.65 and earlier, and 5.5.27 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Server.
(CVE-2012-3177)

- Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.65 and earlier, and 5.5.27 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Server Optimizer. (CVE-2012-3180)

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

Solution

Upgrade to MariaDB version 5.5.28 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?37046922

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 65731

File Name: mariadb_5_5_28.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Databases

Published: 3/29/2013

Updated: 6/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3160

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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-2012-5060

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mariadb:mariadb

Required KB Items: installed_sw/MariaDB

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3160, CVE-2012-3177, CVE-2012-3180, CVE-2012-5060

BID: 56003, 56005, 56027, 57411, 58594