Input validation error in MariaDB - CVE-2016-0666

 

Input validation error in MariaDB - CVE-2016-0666

Published: April 21, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33801
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0666
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.48 and earlier, 5.6.29 and earlier, and 5.7.11 and earlier and MariaDB before 5.5.49, 10.0.x before 10.0.25, and 10.1.x before 10.1.14 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Security: Privileges.


Affected software

MariaDB
mariadb (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2016-0666

Install update from vendor's website.

MariaDB - addressed in versions 5.5.49, 10.0.25, 10.1.14
mariadb (Alpine package) - update to 5.5.51-r0

External References

Related Security Bulletins