Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201666640000000
Revision Date:2016-12-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-6664 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-6664
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • mariadb-10.0 package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '10.0.29-0ubuntu0.16.04.1').
  • OR mysql-5.7 package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '5.7.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1').
  • BACK