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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0666
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: MariaDB Foundation
Affected software:
MariaDB

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-0666

Install update from vendor's website.

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