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Gentoo GLSA-201702-17 High Severity: MySQL Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey February 21, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws in PostgreSQL present a potential threat for unauthorized access; Fedora users should update to the newest release.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MySQL, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MySQL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo privilege escalation mysql

Resolution

All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/mysql-5.6.35"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-8318 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8318 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-8327 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8327 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-3238 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3238 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-3243 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3243 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-3244 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3244 [ 6 ] CVE-2017-3251 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3251 [ 7 ] CVE-2017-3256 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3256 [ 8 ] CVE-2017-3257 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3257 [ 9 ] CVE-2017-3258 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3258 [ 10 ] CVE-2017-3265 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3265 [ 11 ] CVE-2017-3273 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3273 [ 12 ] CVE-2017-3291 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3291 [ 13 ] CVE-2017-3312 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena......

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-17
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 20, 2017
Bugs: #606254
ID: 201702-17

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MySQL, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation.

Background

MySQL is a popular multi-threaded, multi-user SQL server. MariaDB is an enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/mysql < 5.6.35 >= 5.6.35

Impact

===== An attacker could possibly escalate privileges, gain access to critical data or complete access to all MySQL server accessible data, or cause a Denial of Service condition via unspecified vectors.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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