Race Condition Affecting mysql51 package, versions <0:5.1.73-8.72.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.61% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-MYSQL51-1704958
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed13 Dec 2016

Introduced: 13 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-6663  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 mysql51 to version 0:5.1.73-8.72.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-800.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mysql51 package and not the mysql51 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in Oracle MySQL before 5.5.52, 5.6.x before 5.6.33, 5.7.x before 5.7.15, and 8.x before 8.0.1; MariaDB before 5.5.52, 10.0.x before 10.0.28, and 10.1.x before 10.1.18; 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 allows local users with certain permissions to gain privileges by leveraging use of my_copystat by REPAIR TABLE to repair a MyISAM table.

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