The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:0279 advisory.

    MariaDB is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. For all practical purposes, MariaDB is     binary-compatible with MySQL.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: rh-mariadb100-mariadb (10.0.33).

    Security Fix(es):

    * A flaw was found in the way the mysqld_safe script handled creation of error log file. The mysql     operating system user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2016-5617,     CVE-2016-6664)

    * Multiple flaws were found in the way the MySQL init script handled initialization of the database data     directory and permission setting on the error log file. The mysql operating system user could use these     flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3265)

    * It was discovered that the mysqld_safe script honored the ledir option value set in a MySQL     configuration file. A user able to modify one of the MySQL configuration files could use this flaw to     escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3291)

    * Multiple flaws were found in the way the mysqld_safe script handled creation of error log file. The     mysql operating system user could use these flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3312)

    * A flaw was found in the way MySQL client library (libmysqlclient) handled prepared statements when     server connection was lost. A malicious server or a man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this     flaw to crash an application using libmysqlclient. (CVE-2017-3302)

    * This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MariaDB database server. Information about these flaws     can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory pages listed in the References section.
    (CVE-2017-3238, CVE-2017-3243, CVE-2017-3244, CVE-2017-3257, CVE-2017-3258, CVE-2017-3308, CVE-2017-3309,     CVE-2017-3313, CVE-2017-3317, CVE-2017-3318, CVE-2017-3453, CVE-2017-3456, CVE-2017-3464, CVE-2017-3636,     CVE-2017-3641, CVE-2017-3653, CVE-2017-10268, CVE-2017-10286, CVE-2017-10378, CVE-2017-10379,     CVE-2017-10384)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

An update for mariadb is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

MariaDB is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server that is binary compatible with MySQL.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
mariadb (5.5.56). (BZ#1458933)

Security Fix(es) :

* It was discovered that the mysql and mysqldump tools did not correctly handle database and table names containing newline characters. A database user with privileges to create databases or tables could cause the mysql command to execute arbitrary shell or SQL commands while restoring database backup created using the mysqldump tool. (CVE-2016-5483, CVE-2017-3600)

* A flaw was found in the way the mysqld_safe script handled creation of error log file. The mysql operating system user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2016-5617, CVE-2016-6664)

* Multiple flaws were found in the way the MySQL init script handled initialization of the database data directory and permission setting on the error log file. The mysql operating system user could use these flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3265)

* It was discovered that the mysqld_safe script honored the ledir option value set in a MySQL configuration file. A user able to modify one of the MySQL configuration files could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3291)

* Multiple flaws were found in the way the mysqld_safe script handled creation of error log file. The mysql operating system user could use these flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3312)

* A flaw was found in the way MySQL client library (libmysqlclient) handled prepared statements when server connection was lost. A malicious server or a man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash an application using libmysqlclient.
(CVE-2017-3302)

* This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MariaDB database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section.
(CVE-2017-3238, CVE-2017-3243, CVE-2017-3244, CVE-2017-3258, CVE-2017-3308, CVE-2017-3309, CVE-2017-3313, CVE-2017-3317, CVE-2017-3318, CVE-2017-3453, CVE-2017-3456, CVE-2017-3464)

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Logging). Supported versions     that are affected are 5.5.53 and earlier, 5.6.34 and earlier and 5.7.16 and earlier. Difficult to exploit     vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where MySQL Server executes     to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the     attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or     frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 4.0 (Availability     impacts). (CVE-2017-3317)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2787 advisory.

    MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. It consists of the MySQL server daemon, mysqld,     and many client programs.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: rh-mysql56-mysql (5.6.37).

    Security Fix(es):

    * An integer overflow flaw leading to a buffer overflow was found in the way MySQL parsed connection     handshake packets. An unauthenticated remote attacker with access to the MySQL port could use this flaw to     crash the mysqld daemon. (CVE-2017-3599)

    * It was discovered that the mysql and mysqldump tools did not correctly handle database and table names     containing newline characters. A database user with privileges to create databases or tables could cause     the mysql command to execute arbitrary shell or SQL commands while restoring database backup created using     the mysqldump tool. (CVE-2016-5483, CVE-2017-3600)

    * Multiple flaws were found in the way the MySQL init script handled initialization of the database data     directory and permission setting on the error log file. The mysql operating system user could use these     flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3265)

    * It was discovered that the mysqld_safe script honored the ledir option value set in a MySQL     configuration file. A user able to modify one of the MySQL configuration files could use this flaw to     escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3291)

    * It was discovered that the MySQL client command line tools only checked after authentication whether     server supported SSL. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to hijack client's authentication     to the server even if the client was configured to require SSL connection. (CVE-2017-3305)

    * Multiple flaws were found in the way the mysqld_safe script handled creation of error log file. The     mysql operating system user could use these flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3312)

    * A flaw was found in the way MySQL client library (libmysqlclient) handled prepared statements when     server connection was lost. A malicious server or a man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this     flaw to crash an application using libmysqlclient. (CVE-2017-3302)

    * 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 listed in the References section.
    (CVE-2016-8327, CVE-2017-3238, CVE-2017-3244, CVE-2017-3257, CVE-2017-3258, CVE-2017-3273, CVE-2017-3308,     CVE-2017-3309, CVE-2017-3313, CVE-2017-3317, CVE-2017-3318, CVE-2017-3450, CVE-2017-3452, CVE-2017-3453,     CVE-2017-3456, CVE-2017-3461, CVE-2017-3462, CVE-2017-3463, CVE-2017-3464, CVE-2017-3633, CVE-2017-3634,     CVE-2017-3636, CVE-2017-3641, CVE-2017-3647, CVE-2017-3648, CVE-2017-3649, CVE-2017-3651, CVE-2017-3652,     CVE-2017-3653)

    Red Hat would like to thank Pali Rohr for reporting CVE-2017-3305.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * Previously, the md5() function was blocked by MySQL in FIPS mode because the MD5 hash algorithm is     considered insecure. Consequently, the mysqld daemon failed with error messages when FIPS mode was     enabled. With this update, md5() is allowed in FIPS mode for non-security operations. Note that users are     able to use md5() for security purposes but such usage is not supported by Red Hat. (BZ#1452469)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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-community-server was updated to version 5.6.35 to fix bugs and security issues :

  - Changes     http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-     35.html

  - Fixed CVEs: CVE-2016-8318 [boo#1020872], CVE-2017-3312     [boo#1020873], CVE-2017-3258 [boo#1020875],     CVE-2017-3273 [boo#1020876], CVE-2017-3244     [boo#1020877], CVE-2017-3257 [boo#1020878],     CVE-2017-3238 [boo#1020882], CVE-2017-3291     [boo#1020884], CVE-2017-3265 [boo#1020885],     CVE-2017-3313 [boo#1020890], CVE-2016-8327     [boo#1020893], CVE-2017-3317 [boo#1020894],     CVE-2017-3318 [boo#1020896]

The version of MariaDB installed on the remote host is prior to 10.1.21. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 10.1.21 advisory.

  - mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL through 5.5.51, 5.6.x through 5.6.32, and 5.7.x through 5.7.14; MariaDB;
    Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.2, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-78-1, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-8; and Percona XtraDB     Cluster before 5.5.41-37.0, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-25.17, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-26.17, when using file-     based logging, allows local users with access to the mysql account to gain root privileges via a symlink     attack on error logs and possibly other files. (CVE-2016-6664)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Optimizer). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.5.53 and earlier, 5.6.34 and earlier and 5.7.16 and earlier. Easily     exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to     compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to     cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.5     (Availability impacts). (CVE-2017-3238)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Charsets). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.5.53 and earlier. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high     privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable     crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). (CVE-2017-3243)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: DML). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.5.53 and earlier, 5.6.34 and earlier and 5.7.16 and earlier. Easily     exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to     compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to     cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.5     (Availability impacts). (CVE-2017-3244)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: InnoDB). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.6.34 and earlier5.7.16 and earlier. Easily exploitable vulnerability     allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server.
    Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently     repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts).
    (CVE-2017-3257)

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

Several issues have been discovered in the MariaDB database server.
The vulnerabilities are addressed by upgrading MariaDB to the new upstream version 10.0.29. Please see the MariaDB 10.0 Release Notes for further details :

  -     https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10029-release-     notes/

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
210322	RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-mariadb100-mariadb (RHSA-2018:0279)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/5/2024	9/1/2025	high
102755	CentOS 7 : mariadb (CESA-2017:2192)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	8/25/2017	11/25/2025	high
220970	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-3317	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	8/20/2025	medium
210269	RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-mysql56-mysql (RHSA-2017:2787)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/5/2024	8/29/2025	medium
97278	openSUSE Security Update : mysql-community-server (openSUSE-2017-258)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/21/2017	12/31/2025	medium
167880	MariaDB 10.1.0 < 10.1.21 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Databases	11/18/2022	1/29/2026	high
96669	Debian DSA-3770-1 : mariadb-10.0 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	1/23/2017	1/5/2026	high

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