MariaDB 5.5.0 < 5.5.50 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 91767

Synopsis

The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of MariaDB installed on the remote host is prior to 5.5.50. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mariadb-5550-release-notes advisory.

- Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.49 and earlier, 5.6.30 and earlier, and 5.7.12 and earlier and MariaDB before 5.5.50, 10.0.x before 10.0.26, and 10.1.x before 10.1.15 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Server: Parser. (CVE-2016-3477)

- Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.49 and earlier, 5.6.30 and earlier, and 5.7.12 and earlier and MariaDB before 5.5.50, 10.0.x before 10.0.26, and 10.1.x before 10.1.15 allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to Server: Types. (CVE-2016-3521)

- Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.49 and earlier, 5.6.30 and earlier, and 5.7.12 and earlier and MariaDB before 5.5.50, 10.0.x before 10.0.26, and 10.1.x before 10.1.15 allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to Server: DML. (CVE-2016-3615)

- Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.49 and earlier, 5.6.30 and earlier, and 5.7.12 and earlier and MariaDB before 5.5.50, 10.0.x before 10.0.26, and 10.1.x before 10.1.15 allows remote administrators to affect availability via vectors related to Server: RBR. (CVE-2016-5440)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to MariaDB version 5.5.50 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b498bdda

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91767

File Name: mariadb_5_5_50.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Databases

Published: 6/22/2016

Updated: 6/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.1

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3477

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: manual

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mariadb:mariadb

Required KB Items: installed_sw/MariaDB

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3477, CVE-2016-3521, CVE-2016-3615, CVE-2016-5440