CVE-2016-0655: Medium severity mariadb vulnerability

Published Apr 21, 2016
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Updated

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.29 and earlier and 5.7.11 and earlier and MariaDB 10.0.x before 10.0.25 and 10.1.x before 10.1.14 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to InnoDB.

Other sources

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.29 and earlier and 5.7.11 and earlier. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where MySQL Server executes 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.

External References:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2016verbose-2881709.html

Red Hat

Affected Software

12 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/mysql<5.6.30
5.6.30
redhat/mysql<5.7.12
5.7.12
redhat/mariadb<10.1.14
10.1.14
redhat/mariadb<10.0.25
10.0.25
MariaDB MariaDB>=10.0.0<10.0.25
MariaDB MariaDB>=10.1.0<10.1.14
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
openSUSE Leap=42.1
Oracle MySQL>=5.6.0<=5.6.29
Oracle MySQL>=5.7.0<=5.7.11
redhat Enterprise Linux=6.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=7.0

Event History

Apr 21, 2016
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:00 AM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2016-0655?

CVE-2016-0655 has a medium severity level that affects the availability of Oracle MySQL and MariaDB.

2

How do I fix CVE-2016-0655?

To fix CVE-2016-0655, upgrade to Oracle MySQL version 5.6.30 or 5.7.12, or MariaDB version 10.0.25 or 10.1.14.

3

What versions of MySQL are affected by CVE-2016-0655?

CVE-2016-0655 affects Oracle MySQL versions 5.6.29 and earlier, and 5.7.11 and earlier.

4

Which versions of MariaDB are impacted by CVE-2016-0655?

CVE-2016-0655 impacts MariaDB versions 10.0.x before 10.0.25 and 10.1.x before 10.1.14.

5

What component is vulnerable in CVE-2016-0655?

The vulnerability in CVE-2016-0655 resides in the MySQL Server component related to InnoDB.

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