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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-6664: Moderate: mariadb security and bug fix update (CESA-2017:2192)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-6664: Moderate: mariadb security and bug fix update (CESA-2017:2192)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/13/2016
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-mariadb
  • centos-upgrade-mariadb-bench
  • centos-upgrade-mariadb-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-mariadb-devel
  • centos-upgrade-mariadb-embedded
  • centos-upgrade-mariadb-embedded-devel
  • centos-upgrade-mariadb-libs
  • centos-upgrade-mariadb-server
  • centos-upgrade-mariadb-test

References

  • 93612
  • DSA-3770
  • CVE-2016-6664
  • RHSA-2016:2130
  • RHSA-2016:2749
  • RHSA-2017:2192
  • RHSA-2018:0279
  • RHSA-2018:0574
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