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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade mariadb | Aug 30, 2017 | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade mariadb-develUpgrade mariadbUpgrade mariadb-embedded-develUpgrade mariadb-serverUpgrade mariadb-libsUpgrade mariadb-embeddedUpgrade mariadb-testUpgrade mariadb-debuginfoUpgrade mariadb-bench | Aug 28, 2019 | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade mysql-5.5Upgrade mariadb-10.1 | Jan 24, 2017 | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade mariadb55-serverUpgrade mysql56-serverUpgrade percona56-serverUpgrade mariadb100-clientUpgrade mariadb100-serverUpgrade percona56-clientUpgrade percona55-clientUpgrade mysql55-serverUpgrade mariadb55-clientUpgrade mariadb101-serverUpgrade mysql55-clientUpgrade mysql56-clientUpgrade mysql57-clientUpgrade percona55-serverUpgrade mysql57-serverUpgrade mariadb101-client | Jan 15, 2017 | Jan 14, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-db/mariadb. | Oct 30, 2017 | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade mariadb-embeddedUpgrade mariadb-develUpgrade mariadb-benchUpgrade mariadb-libsUpgrade mariadbUpgrade mariadb-testUpgrade mariadb-server | Nov 30, 2017 | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade mariadb-serverUpgrade mariadbUpgrade mariadb-develUpgrade mariadb-benchUpgrade mariadb-libsUpgrade mariadb-test | Nov 30, 2017 | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Mariadb Mariadb | — | Upgrade MariaDB to the latest version | Mar 4, 2025 | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Oracle Mysql | — | Upgrade to Oracle MySQL version 5.5.51Upgrade to Oracle MySQL version 5.5.41Upgrade to Oracle MySQL version 5.7.14Upgrade to Oracle MySQL version 5.6.32 | Dec 21, 2016 | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade mariadb-embeddedUpgrade mariadbUpgrade mariadb-embedded-develUpgrade mariadb-serverUpgrade mariadb-develUpgrade mariadb-libsUpgrade mariadb-testUpgrade mariadb-bench | Aug 8, 2017 | Oct 19, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade mariadb-develUpgrade mariadb-benchUpgrade mariadb-libsNo solution existsUpgrade mariadb-serverUpgrade mariadb-embedded-develUpgrade mariadb-debuginfoUpgrade mariadb-testUpgrade mariadb-embeddedUpgrade mariadb | Aug 4, 2017 | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mariadb-clientUpgrade libmariadbd19Upgrade mariadbUpgrade libmysqlclient-develUpgrade libmysqlclient18Upgrade libmysqld18Upgrade libmysqlclient_r18Upgrade libmysqld19Upgrade libmysqld-develUpgrade libmysqlclient18-32bitUpgrade mariadb-toolsUpgrade libmariadbd-develUpgrade mariadb-errormessagesUpgrade mariadb-100-errormessagesUpgrade libmysqlclient_r18-32bit | Feb 8, 2017 | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade mysql-5.5Upgrade mariadb-10.0 | Nov 19, 2024 | Dec 13, 2016 |
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