CVE-2016-6664
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.
Find out more about CVE-2016-6664 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.8 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-mysql56-mysql) | RHSA-2016:2749 | 2016-11-15 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-mariadb101-mariadb) | RHSA-2018:0574 | 2018-03-21 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (mysql55-mysql) | RHSA-2016:2130 | 2016-10-31 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (mysql55-mysql) | RHSA-2016:2130 | 2016-10-31 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (mariadb) | RHSA-2017:2192 | 2017-08-01 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-mysql56-mysql) | RHSA-2016:2749 | 2016-11-15 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-mariadb101-mariadb) | RHSA-2018:0574 | 2018-03-21 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-mariadb100-mariadb) | RHSA-2018:0279 | 2018-02-06 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-mariadb100-mariadb) | RHSA-2018:0279 | 2018-02-06 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | mariadb55-mariadb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-mysql57-mysql | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 | mariadb-galera | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | mariadb-galera | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 | mariadb-galera | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) | mariadb-galera | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | mariadb-galera | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | mariadb-galera | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | mariadb-galera | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | mariadb-galera | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mysql | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | mysql55-mysql | Will not fix |