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An update for mariadb is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

MariaDB is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server that is binary compatible with MySQL.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: mariadb (5.5.56). (BZ#1458933)

Security Fix(es):

• It was discovered that the mysql and mysqldump tools did not correctly handle database and table names containing newline characters. A database user with privileges to create databases or tables could cause the mysql command to execute arbitrary shell or SQL commands while restoring database backup created using the mysqldump tool. (CVE-2016-5483, CVE-2017-3600)
• A flaw was found in the way the mysqld_safe script handled creation of error log file. The mysql operating system user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2016-5617, CVE-2016-6664)
• Multiple flaws were found in the way the MySQL init script handled initialization of the database data directory and permission setting on the error log file. The mysql operating system user could use these flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3265)
• It was discovered that the mysqld_safe script honored the ledir option value set in a MySQL configuration file. A user able to modify one of the MySQL configuration files could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3291)
• Multiple flaws were found in the way the mysqld_safe script handled creation of error log file. The mysql operating system user could use these flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3312)
• A flaw was found in the way MySQL client library (libmysqlclient) handled prepared statements when server connection was lost. A malicious server or a man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash an application using libmysqlclient. (CVE-2017-3302)
• This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MariaDB database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2017-3238, CVE-2017-3243, CVE-2017-3244, CVE-2017-3258, CVE-2017-3308, CVE-2017-3309, CVE-2017-3313, CVE-2017-3317, CVE-2017-3318, CVE-2017-3453, CVE-2017-3456, CVE-2017-3464)

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing this update, the MariaDB server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1027829 - Testsuite test main.gis-precise is failing on ppc %{power64} s390 s390x aarch64
• BZ - 1356897 - MariaDB removes all databases
• BZ - 1386564 - CVE-2016-6664 CVE-2016-5617 mysql: insecure error log file handling in mysqld_safe (CPU Oct 2016)
• BZ - 1414133 - CVE-2017-3312 mysql: insecure error log file handling in mysqld_safe, incomplete CVE-2016-6664 fix (CPU Jan 2017)
• BZ - 1414338 - CVE-2017-3238 mysql: Server: Optimizer unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2017)
• BZ - 1414340 - CVE-2017-3243 mysql: Server: Charsets unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2017)
• BZ - 1414342 - CVE-2017-3244 mysql: Server: DML unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2017)
• BZ - 1414351 - CVE-2017-3258 mysql: Server: DDL unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2017)
• BZ - 1414353 - CVE-2017-3313 mysql: Server: MyISAM unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2017)
• BZ - 1414355 - CVE-2017-3317 mysql: Logging unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2017)
• BZ - 1414357 - CVE-2017-3318 mysql: Server: Error Handling unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2017)
• BZ - 1414423 - CVE-2017-3265 mysql: unsafe chmod/chown use in init script (CPU Jan 2017)
• BZ - 1414429 - CVE-2017-3291 mysql: unrestricted mysqld_safe's ledir (CPU Jan 2017)
• BZ - 1422119 - CVE-2017-3302 mysql: prepared statement handle use-after-free after disconnect
• BZ - 1433010 - CVE-2016-5483 CVE-2017-3600 mariadb, mysql: Incorrect input validation allowing code execution via mysqldump
• BZ - 1443358 - CVE-2017-3308 mysql: Server: DML unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2017)
• BZ - 1443359 - CVE-2017-3309 mysql: Server: Optimizer unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2017)
• BZ - 1443365 - CVE-2017-3453 mysql: Server: Optimizer unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2017)
• BZ - 1443369 - CVE-2017-3456 mysql: Server: DML unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2017)
• BZ - 1443379 - CVE-2017-3464 mysql: Server: DDL unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2017)

CVEs

• CVE-2016-5483
• CVE-2016-5617
• CVE-2016-6664
• CVE-2017-3238
• CVE-2017-3243
• CVE-2017-3244
• CVE-2017-3258
• CVE-2017-3265
• CVE-2017-3291
• CVE-2017-3302
• CVE-2017-3308
• CVE-2017-3309
• CVE-2017-3312
• CVE-2017-3313
• CVE-2017-3317
• CVE-2017-3318
• CVE-2017-3453
• CVE-2017-3456
• CVE-2017-3464
• CVE-2017-3600
• CVE-2017-3651

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.4_Release_Notes/index.html
• https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5553-release-notes/
• https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5554-release-notes/
• https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5555-release-notes/
• https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5556-release-notes/