Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : mysql-5.5 vulnerabilities (USN-2575-1)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 82993

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

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2575-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82993

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2575-1.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2015/04/22

Updated: 2018/12/01

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#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 Available: false

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2015/04/21

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

BID: 74070, 74073, 74078, 74089, 74095, 74103, 74112, 74115

USN: 2575-1