Amazon Linux AMI : mysql56 (ALAS-2016-737)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 93015

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VPR Score: 7.3

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier allows remote administrators to affect availability via vectors related to Server: RBR. (CVE-2016-5440)

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier allows remote administrators to affect availability via vectors related to Server: InnoDB. (CVE-2016-3459)

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier allows remote administrators to affect availability via vectors related to Server: Privileges. (CVE-2016-5439)

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Server: Parser. (CVE-2016-3477)

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to Server: Security: Encryption. (CVE-2016-3614)

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to Server: DML. (CVE-2016-3615)

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to Server: Types. (CVE-2016-3521)

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to Server: FTS. (CVE-2016-3486)

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to Server: Optimizer. (CVE-2016-3501)

Solution

Run 'yum update mysql56' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-737.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93015

File Name: ala_ALAS-2016-737.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2016/08/18

Updated: 2018/04/18

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 7.3

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mysql56, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mysql56-bench, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mysql56-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mysql56-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mysql56-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mysql56-embedded, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mysql56-embedded-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mysql56-errmsg, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mysql56-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mysql56-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mysql56-test, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 2016/08/17

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3459, CVE-2016-3477, CVE-2016-3486, CVE-2016-3501, CVE-2016-3521, CVE-2016-3614, CVE-2016-3615, CVE-2016-5439, CVE-2016-5440

ALAS: 2016-737