Link Following Affecting mysql-5.5 package, versions <5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-MYSQL55-352997
- published 13 Dec 2016
- disclosed 13 Dec 2016
Introduced: 13 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-6664 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04
mysql-5.5
to version 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mysql-5.5
package and not the mysql-5.5
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:14.04
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6664
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539695/100/0/threaded
- https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/11/02/percona-responds-to-cve-2016-6663-and-cve-2016-6664/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6664
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3770
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6664
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40679/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-18
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Maria-Percona-RootPrivEsc-CVE-2016-6664-5617-Exploit.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139491/MySQL-MariaDB-PerconaDB-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2130.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2192
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0279
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0574
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93612
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40678