RHEL 5 : mysql55-mysql (RHSA-2014:1859)

High Nessus Plugin ID 79302

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated mysql55-mysql packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Red Hat Product Security 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.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section.
(CVE-2014-2494, CVE-2014-4207, CVE-2014-4243, CVE-2014-4258, CVE-2014-4260, CVE-2014-4287, CVE-2014-4274, CVE-2014-6463, CVE-2014-6464, CVE-2014-6469, CVE-2014-6484, CVE-2014-6505, CVE-2014-6507, CVE-2014-6520, CVE-2014-6530, CVE-2014-6551, CVE-2014-6555, CVE-2014-6559)

These updated packages upgrade MySQL to version 5.5.40. Refer to the MySQL Release Notes listed in the References section for a complete list of changes.

All MySQL users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3421cbe7

http://www.nessus.org/u?3e658eb0

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-40.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1859

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5615

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-4260

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-4258

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-4274

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6507

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6520

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6505

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6551

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-2494

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6555

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-4207

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-4287

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6469

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6484

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-4243

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6464

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6559

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6530

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6463

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79302

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-1859.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2014/11/18

Updated: 2018/11/10

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mysql55-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mysql55-mysql-bench, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mysql55-mysql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mysql55-mysql-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mysql55-mysql-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mysql55-mysql-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mysql55-mysql-test, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2014/11/17

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5615, CVE-2014-2494, CVE-2014-4207, CVE-2014-4243, CVE-2014-4258, CVE-2014-4260, CVE-2014-4274, CVE-2014-4287, CVE-2014-6463, CVE-2014-6464, CVE-2014-6469, CVE-2014-6484, CVE-2014-6505, CVE-2014-6507, CVE-2014-6520, CVE-2014-6530, CVE-2014-6551, CVE-2014-6555, CVE-2014-6559

BID: 68564, 68573, 68579, 68593, 68611, 69732, 70446, 70451, 70455, 70462, 70486, 70487, 70510, 70516, 70517, 70530, 70532, 70550

RHSA: 2014:1859