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Debian DLA-916-1 : mysql-5.5 security update (Riddle)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 99673
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Several issues have been discovered in the MySQL database server. The vulnerabilities are addressed by upgrading MySQL to the new upstream version 5.5.55, which includes additional changes, such as performance improvements, bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes. Please see the MySQL 5.5 Release Notes and Oracle's Critical Patch Update advisory for further details :https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-55.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618 .html
For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 5.5.55-0+deb7u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your mysql-5.5 packages.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-55.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/04/msg00035.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 99673
File Name: debian_DLA-916.nasl
Version: 3.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 4/26/2017
Updated: 12/23/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.3
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-3305
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.6
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-3600
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mysql-client, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mysql-testsuite-5.5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mysql-source-5.5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmysqlclient-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmysqld-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmysqld-pic, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mysql-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mysql-client-5.5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mysql-server-5.5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mysql-server, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmysqlclient18, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mysql-server-core-5.5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-5483, CVE-2017-3302, CVE-2017-3305, CVE-2017-3308, CVE-2017-3309, CVE-2017-3329, CVE-2017-3453, CVE-2017-3456, CVE-2017-3461, CVE-2017-3462, CVE-2017-3463, CVE-2017-3464, CVE-2017-3600