MariaDB 10.0.x < 10.0.29 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 96486

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VPR Score: 8.9

Synopsis

The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of MariaDB running on the remote host is 10.0.x prior to 10.0.29. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in scripts/mysqld_safe.sh due to improper handling of arguments to malloc-lib. A local attacker can exploit this, via a symlink attack on error logs, to gain root privileges. (CVE-2016-6664)

- A denial of service vulnerability exists in the check_duplicate_key() function due to improper handling of error messages. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to crash the database.

- A denial of service vulnerability exists in the destroy() function in sql/sql_select.cc due to improper handling of a specially crafted query. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to crash the database.

- A denial of service vulnerability exists in the date_add_interval() function in sql/sql_time.cc due to improper handling of INTERVAL arguments. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to crash the database.

- A denial of service vulnerability exists in sql/item_subselect.cc due to improper handling of queries from the select/unit tree. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to crash the database.

- A denial of service vulnerability exists in the check_well_formed_result() function in sql/item.cc due to improper handling of row validation. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to crash the database.

- A denial of service vulnerability exists in the safe_charset_converter() function in sql/item.cc due to improper handling of a specially crafted subselect query item. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to crash the database.

Solution

Upgrade to MariaDB version 10.0.29 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 96486

File Name: mariadb_10_0_29.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: remote

Family: Databases

Published: 1/13/2017

Updated: 4/10/2019

Dependencies: mysql_version.nasl, mysql_login.nasl

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 8.9

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6664

BID: 93612