Due to the non-disclosure of security patch information from     Oracle, we are forced to ship an upstream version update of MySQL     5.1. There are several known incompatible changes, which are     listed in /usr/share/doc/mysql-server/NEWS.Debian.gz.

Several issues have been discovered in the MySQL database server. The vulnerabilities are addressed by upgrading MySQL to a new upstream version, 5.1.63, which includes additional changes, such as performance improvements and corrections for data loss defects. These changes are described in the MySQL release notes.

 CVE-2012-2122, an authentication bypass vulnerability, occurs only  when MySQL has been built in with certain optimisations enabled. The  packages in Debian stable (squeeze) are not known to be affected by  this vulnerability. It is addressed in this update nonetheless, so  future rebuilds will not become vulnerable to this issue.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory pages. (CVE-2012-1688, CVE-2012-1690, CVE-2012-1703, CVE-2012-2749, CVE-2012-0540, CVE-2012-1689, CVE-2012-1734, CVE-2012-3163, CVE-2012-3158, CVE-2012-3177, CVE-2012-3166, CVE-2012-3173, CVE-2012-3150, CVE-2012-3180, CVE-2012-3167, CVE-2012-3197, CVE-2012-3160)

These updated packages upgrade MySQL to version 5.1.66. Refer to the MySQL release notes for a full list of changes.

After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically.

mariadb update to version 5.2.12 fixes several security issues and bugs. Please refer to the following upstream announcements for details :

http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-5212-release-notes http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-5211-release-notes http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-5210-release-notes

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1462 advisory.

  - mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to GIS extension DoS  (CPU Jul 2012) (CVE-2012-0540)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to DML (CPU Apr 2012) (CVE-2012-1688)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to Server Optimizer (CPU Jul 2012) (CVE-2012-1689,     CVE-2012-1734)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to Server Optimizer (CPU Apr 2012) (CVE-2012-1690,     CVE-2012-1703)

  - mysql: incorrect type cast in check_scramble() leading to authentication bypass (CVE-2012-2122)

  - mysql: crash caused by wrong calculation of key length for sort order index (CVE-2012-2749)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to Server Optimizer (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3150,     CVE-2012-3180)

  - mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to the MySQL Protocol (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3158)

  - mysql: unspecified vulnerability in Server Installation leading to information disclosure (CPU Oct 2012)     (CVE-2012-3160)

  - mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Information Schema (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3163)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to InnoDB (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3166)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to Server Full Text Search (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3167)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to InnoDB Plugin (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3173)

  - mysql: unspecified Server DoS vulnerability (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3177)

  - mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to Server Replication (CPU Oct 2012) (CVE-2012-3197)

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

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1462 advisory.

    [5.1.66-1]
    - Update to 5.1.66, for assorted upstream bugfixes including       CVEs announced in July and October 2012     Resolves: #871813

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

mysql update to version 5.5.23 fixes several security issues and bugs.
Please refer to the following upstream announcements for details :

  - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-16.html

  - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-17.html

  - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-18.html

  - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-19.html

  - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-20.html

  - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-21.html

  - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-22.html

  - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-23.html

The version of MariaDB installed on the remote host is prior to 5.1.62. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 5.1.62 advisory.

  - Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.61 and earlier, and 5.5.21 and     earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Server     Optimizer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1690. (CVE-2012-1703)

  - Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.61 and earlier, and 5.5.21 and     earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Server     Optimizer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1703. (CVE-2012-1690)

  - Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.61 and earlier, and 5.5.21 and     earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect availability, related to Server DML. (CVE-2012-1688)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
59774	Debian DSA-2496-1 : mysql-5.1 - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	6/29/2012	1/11/2021	medium
62934	Scientific Linux Security Update : mysql on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20121114)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	11/16/2012	1/14/2021	high
74624	openSUSE Security Update : mariadb (openSUSE-2012-274)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/13/2014	1/19/2021	medium
62923	RHEL 6 : mysql (RHSA-2012:1462)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/15/2012	4/21/2024	critical
68658	Oracle Linux 6 : mysql (ELSA-2012-1462)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	7/12/2013	10/22/2024	critical
74623	openSUSE Security Update : mysql-community-server (openSUSE-2012-273)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/13/2014	1/19/2021	medium
167877	MariaDB 5.1.0 < 5.1.62 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Databases	11/18/2022	1/29/2026	medium

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