Oracle MySQL 5.5.x < 5.5.44 Multiple Vulnerabilities (July 2015 CPU) (October 2015 CPU)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 85536
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Synopsis
The remote host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The version of Oracle MySQL installed on the remote host is 5.5.x prior to 5.5.44. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :- Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities exist in the following subcomponents which can be exploited by an authenticated, remote attacker :
- DML (CVE-2015-2648)
- GIS (CVE-2015-2582)
- I_S (CVE-2015-4752)
- Optimizer (CVE-2015-2643)
- Multiple information disclosure vulnerabilities exist in the following subcomponents which can be exploited by an authenticated, remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information :
- Pluggable Auth (CVE-2015-4737)
- Security:Privileges (CVE-2015-2620)
- An unspecified flaw exists in the Security:Privileges subcomponent. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to impact integrity. (CVE-2015-4864)
Solution
Apply the appropriate patch according to the July 2015 and October 2015 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisories.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?178c8ed1
http://www.nessus.org/u?1de82df5
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-44.html
https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=2024204.1
https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=2048227.1
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 85536
File Name: mysql_5_5_44_rpm.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Databases
Published: 8/19/2015
Updated: 6/3/2020
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-2620
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:mysql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mysql, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mysql, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mysql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mysql
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-2582, CVE-2015-2620, CVE-2015-2643, CVE-2015-2648, CVE-2015-4737, CVE-2015-4752, CVE-2015-4864