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Red Hat: RHSA-2016-1602-01 Important: MariaDB Security Update

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Calendar Grey August 11, 2016
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New update released for MariaDB; classified as Critical by Red Hat. Addresses multiple security vulnerabilities in the server comprehensively.
An update for mariadb is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing this update, the MariaDB server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically.

Summary

MariaDB is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server that is binary compatible with MySQL.
The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version: mariadb (5.5.50).
Security Fix(es):
* This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MariaDB database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory pages, listed in the References section. (CVE-2016-0640, CVE-2016-0641, CVE-2016-0643, CVE-2016-0644, CVE-2016-0646, CVE-2016-0647, CVE-2016-0648, CVE-2016-0649, CVE-2016-0650, CVE-2016-0666, CVE-2016-3452, CVE-2016-3477, CVE-2016-3521, CVE-2016-3615, CVE-2016-5440, CVE-2016-5444)

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat important security impact SQL database MariaDB server issues

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0640 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0641 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0643 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0644 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0646 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0647 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0648 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0649 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0650 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0666 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3452 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3477 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3521 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3615 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5440 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5444 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2016.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2016.html https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/release-notes-mariadb-5-5-series/mariadb-5548-release-notes https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/release-notes-mariadb-5-5-series/mariadb-5549-release-notes Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: mariadb-5.5.50-1.el7_2.src.rpm
x86_64: mariadb-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.50-1.el7_2.i686.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm mariadb-libs-5.5.50-1.el7_2.i686.rpm mariadb-libs-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm mariadb-server-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: mariadb-bench-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.50-1.el7_2.i686.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm mariadb-devel-5.5.50-1.el7_2.i686.rpm mariadb-devel-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm mariadb-embedded-5.5.50-1.el7_2.i686.rpm mariadb-embedded-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm mariadb-embedded-devel-5.5.50-1.el7_2.i686.rpm mariadb-embedded-devel-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm mariadb-test-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: mariadb-5.5.50-1.el7_2.src.rpm
x86_64: mariadb-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.50-1.el7_2.i686.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm mariadb-libs-5.5.50-1.el7_2.i686.rpm mariadb-libs-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: mariadb-bench-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.50-1.el7_2.i686.rpm mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.50-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1602-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1602.html
Issue date: 2016-08-11

Topic

An update for mariadb is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat important security impact SQL database MariaDB server issues

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1329239 - CVE-2016-0640 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: DML (CPU April 2016)

1329241 - CVE-2016-0641 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: MyISAM (CPU April 2016)

1329245 - CVE-2016-0643 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: DML (CPU April 2016)

1329247 - CVE-2016-0644 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: DDL (CPU April 2016)

1329248 - CVE-2016-0646 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: DML (CPU April 2016)

1329249 - CVE-2016-0647 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: FTS (CPU April 2016)

1329251 - CVE-2016-0648 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: PS (CPU April 2016)

1329252 - CVE-2016-0649 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: PS (CPU April 2016)

1329253 - CVE-2016-0650 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Replication (CPU April 2016)

1329270 - CVE-2016-0666 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Security: Privileges (CPU April 2016)

1358201 - CVE-2016-3452 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Security: Encryption (CPU July 2016)

1358205 - CVE-2016-3477 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Parser (CPU July 2016)

1358209 - CVE-2016-3521 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Types (CPU July 2016)

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