CVE-2016-6664

Publication date 13 December 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.0 · High

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mariadb-10.0 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 10.0.29-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 10.0.29-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
mysql-5.5 16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.04 vivid Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
mysql-5.6 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
mysql-5.7 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

Notes


mdeslaur

This is a dupe of CVE-2016-5617

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.0 · High
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