Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : mysql-5.5 vulnerabilities (USN-2575-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 82993
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VPR Score: 3.6
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes a new upstream MySQL version to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to 5.5.43.In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes.
Please see the following for more information:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-42.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-43.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2015-2365600.h tml.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected mysql-server-5.5 package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 82993
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2575-1.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 4/22/2015
Updated: 1/19/2021
Dependencies: 12634
Risk Information
Risk Factor: Medium
VPR Score: 3.6
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 5.7
Temporal Score: 4.2
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mysql-server-5.5, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/21/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-0433, CVE-2015-0441, CVE-2015-0499, CVE-2015-0501, CVE-2015-0505, CVE-2015-2568, CVE-2015-2571, CVE-2015-2573
USN: 2575-1