CVE-2016-6664
Published: 13 December 2016
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.
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | This is a dupe of CVE-2016-5617 |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
mariadb-10.0 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(10.0.29)
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
xenial |
Released
(10.0.29-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
|
|
yakkety |
Released
(10.0.29-0ubuntu0.16.10.1)
|
|
mysql-5.5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(5.5.52)
|
precise |
Released
(5.5.52-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
|
|
trusty |
Released
(5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
|
|
vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
mysql-5.6 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(5.6.33)
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [5.6.33-0ubuntu0.14.04.1])
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
mysql-5.7 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(5.7.15)
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
xenial |
Not vulnerable
(5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
|
|
yakkety |
Not vulnerable
(5.7.15-0ubuntu2)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.0 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | High |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |