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Fedora 24 MySQL 5.7.15 Update; Security Fix for CVE-2016-6662

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Calendar Grey September 27, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
MySQL 5.7.15 patch for Fedora 24 tackles CVE-2016-6662 vulnerabilities related to privilege escalation problems.
Update to MySQL 5.7.15, Security fix for CVE-2016-6662

Summary

MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. MySQL is a

client/server implementation consisting of a server daemon (mysqld)

and many different client programs and libraries. The base package

contains the standard MySQL client programs and generic MySQL files.

Update Information:

Update to MySQL 5.7.15, Security fix for CVE-2016-6662

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora MySQL privilege escalation

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1375198 - CVE-2016-6662 mysql: general_log can write to configuration files, leading to privilege escalation https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375198

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update community-mysql' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: community-mysql
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 5.7.15
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://www.mysql.com/
Summary: MySQL client programs and shared libraries

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora MySQL privilege escalation

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