CVE-2016-6664

First published: Tue Dec 13 2016(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Oracle MySQL	>=5.5.0<=5.5.51
Oracle MySQL	>=5.6.0<=5.6.32
Oracle MySQL	>=5.7.0<=5.7.14
Mariadb Mariadb	>=5.5.0<5.5.54
Mariadb Mariadb	>=10.0.0<10.0.29
Mariadb Mariadb	>=10.1.0<10.1.21
Percona Percona Server	>=5.5<5.5.51-38.2
Percona Percona Server	>=5.6<5.6.32-78.1
Percona Percona Server	>=5.7<5.7.14-8
Percona XtraDB Cluster	>=5.5<5.5.41-37.0
Percona XtraDB Cluster	>=5.6<5.6.32-25.17
Percona XtraDB Cluster	>=5.7<5.7.14-26.17

Remedy

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html

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