Link Following Affecting mariadb-devel package, versions <1:5.5.56-2.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
21.4% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-MARIADBDEVEL-2519037
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Dec 2016

Introduced: 13 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-6664  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 mariadb-devel to version 1:5.5.56-2.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-2192.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mariadb-devel package and not the mariadb-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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