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title: "CVE-2016-5483\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5483?format=md
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# CVE-2016-5483

Publication date 25 April 2017

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs:
CVE-2017-3600. Reason: This candidate is a reservation duplicate of
CVE-2017-3600. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2017-3600 instead
of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have
been removed to prevent accidental usage

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5483?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mariadb-10.0 | 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| mariadb-10.1 | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| mariadb-5.5 | 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| percona-server-5.6 | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| percona-xtradb-cluster-5.5 | 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| percona-xtradb-cluster-5.6 | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

same as CVE-2017-3600 in MySQL

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5483)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5483)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-5483)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5483)

### Other references

* <https://blog.tarq.io/cve-2016-5483-backdooring-mysqldump-backups/>
* <https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/5a43a31ee81bc181eeb5ef2bf0704befa6e0594d>
* <https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/01b39b7b0730102b88d8ea43ec719a75e9316a1e>
* <https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/383007c75d6ef5043fa5781956a6a02b24e2b79e>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5483>