CVE-2016-5616

Public on 2016-10-25
Modified on 2017-02-22
Description
A race condition was found in the way MySQL performed MyISAM engine table repair. A database user with shell access to the server running mysqld could use this flaw to change permissions of arbitrary files writable by the mysql system user.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.0
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 mysql51 2017-02-22 ALAS-2017-800 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 3.5 AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H