Buffer Overflow Affecting mariadb-embedded package, versions <1:5.5.47-1.el7_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-MARIADBEMBEDDED-4628409
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Jan 2015

Introduced: 20 Jan 2015

CVE-2016-0546  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 mariadb-embedded to version 1:5.5.47-1.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:0534.

NVD Description

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

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier, 5.6.27 and earlier, and 5.7.9 and MariaDB before 5.5.47, 10.0.x before 10.0.23, and 10.1.x before 10.1.10 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Client. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that these are multiple buffer overflows in the mysqlshow tool that allow remote database servers to have unspecified impact via a long table or database name.

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