Input validation error in MariaDB - CVE-2016-5440
Published: July 21, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33806
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5440
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MariaDB Foundation
Affected software:
MariaDB
MariaDB
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.49 and earlier, 5.6.30 and earlier, and 5.7.12 and earlier and MariaDB before 5.5.50, 10.0.x before 10.0.26, and 10.1.x before 10.1.15 allows remote administrators to affect availability via vectors related to Server: RBR.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5440
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00042.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1480.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1601.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1602.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1603.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1604.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1637.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3624
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3632
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91953
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036362
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3040-1
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024168
- https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10026-release-notes/
- https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10115-release-notes/
- https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5550-release-notes/