Description
Oracle MySQL through 5.5.52, 5.6.x through 5.6.33, and 5.7.x through 5.7.15; MariaDB before 5.5.51, 10.0.x before 10.0.27, and 10.1.x before 10.1.17; and Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.1, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-78.0, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-7 allow local users to create arbitrary configurations and bypass certain protection mechanisms by setting general_log_file to a my.cnf configuration. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by setting malloc_lib. NOTE: the affected MySQL version information is from Oracle's October 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that the issue was silently patched in MySQL 5.5.52, 5.6.33, and 5.7.15.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-624-1 | mysql-5.5 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3666-1 | mysql-5.5 security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3078-1 | MySQL vulnerability |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T01:36:29.525Z
Reserved: 2016-08-10T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-6662
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Status : Modified
Published: 2016-09-20T18:59:00.127
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2016-6662
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN