CVE-2016-6662
Public on 2016-09-20
Modified on 2017-02-22
Description
It was discovered that the MySQL logging functionality allowed writing to MySQL configuration files. An administrative database user, or a database user with FILE privileges, could possibly use this flaw to run arbitrary commands with root privileges on the system running the database server.
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | mysql51 | 2017-02-22 | ALAS-2017-800 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | mysql55 | 2016-10-12 | ALAS-2016-756 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | mysql56 | 2016-10-12 | ALAS-2016-756 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 7.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |