Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3078-1)
🗓️ 14 Sep 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842882");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-6662");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-09-14 03:44:56 +0000 (Wed, 14 Sep 2016)");
script_version("2025-01-14T05:37:02+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-14 05:37:02 +0000 (Tue, 14 Jan 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-09-21 14:47:21 +0000 (Wed, 21 Sep 2016)");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3078-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(12\.04\ LTS|14\.04\ LTS|16\.04\ LTS)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-3078-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3078-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-51.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-52.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-14.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-15.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'mysql-5.5, mysql-5.7' package(s) announced via the USN-3078-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Dawid Golunski discovered that MySQL incorrectly handled configuration
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary
code with root privileges.
MySQL has been updated to 5.5.52 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has been updated to MySQL 5.7.15.
In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes,
new features, and possibly incompatible changes.
Please see the following for more information:
[links moved to references]");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'mysql-5.5, mysql-5.7' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "UBUNTU12.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mysql-server-5.5", ver:"5.5.52-0ubuntu0.12.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU14.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mysql-server-5.5", ver:"5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU14.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU16.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mysql-server-5.7", ver:"5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU16.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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