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Oracle Linux 6 : mysql (ELSA-2011-0164)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68184

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0164 advisory.

 [5.1.52-1.1]
 - Update to MySQL 5.1.52, for various fixes described at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-52.html including numerous small security issues Resolves: #652553
 - Sync with current Fedora package; this includes:
 - Duplicate COPYING and EXCEPTIONS-CLIENT in -libs and -embedded subpackages, to ensure they are available when any subset of mysql RPMs are installed, per revised packaging guidelines
 - Allow init script's STARTTIMEOUT/STOPTIMEOUT to be overridden from sysconfig

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-2011-0164.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68184

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0164.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3833

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3835

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql-embedded-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql-embedded, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql-bench, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3677, CVE-2010-3678, CVE-2010-3679, CVE-2010-3680, CVE-2010-3681, CVE-2010-3682, CVE-2010-3683, CVE-2010-3833, CVE-2010-3835, CVE-2010-3836, CVE-2010-3837, CVE-2010-3838, CVE-2010-3839, CVE-2010-3840

BID: 42596, 42598, 42599, 42625, 42633, 42638, 42646, 43676

RHSA: 2011:0164