SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : mariadb (SUSE-SU-2016:2404-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 93771

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for mariadb to 1.0.0.27 fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed :

- CVE-2016-6662: A malicious user with SQL and filesystem access could create a my.cnf in the datadir and, under certain circumstances, execute arbitrary code as mysql (or even root) user. (bsc#998309)

- release notes :

- https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-10027-release-notes

- changelog :

- https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-10027-changelog Bugs fixed :

- Make ORDER BY optimization functions take into account multiple equalities. (bsc#949520)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2016-1397=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1397=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1397=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1397=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949520

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998309

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-10027-changelog/

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-10027-release-notes/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6662/

http://www.nessus.org/u?b37fc3b5

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 93771

File Name: suse_SU-2016-2404-1.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/28/2016

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmysqlclient18, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmysqlclient18-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmysqlclient_r18, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-errormessages, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-tools-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6662