VDB
ALPINE-CVE-2016-6664
ALPINE-CVE-2016-6664
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7 HIGH
mysqld_safe in Oracle MySQL through 5.5.51, 5.6.x through 5.6.32, and 5.7.x through 5.7.14; MariaDB; Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.2, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-78-1, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-8; and Percona XtraDB Cluster before 5.5.41-37.0, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-25.17, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-26.17, when using file-based logging, allows local users with access to the mysql account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on error logs and possibly other files.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.8 | mariadb | 0, 0, 10.0.21-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | mariadb | 0, 0, 5.5.43-r5 |
| Alpine:v3.11 | mariadb | 10.0.21-r2, 0, 5.5.43-r5 |
| Alpine:v3.4 | mariadb | 5.5.42-r2, 0, 5.5.43-r5 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | mariadb | 10.0.21-r1, 10.0.21-r2, 10.1.11-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | mariadb | 0, 5.5.43-r5, 5.5.43-r4 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | mariadb | 5.5.41-r2, 10.1.11-r1, 10.1.12-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | mariadb | 5.5.43-r5, 5.5.43-r4, 5.5.43-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | mariadb | 5.5.43-r1, 0, 10.0.21-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.7 | mariadb | 10.0.21-r0, 10.0.21-r2, 10.1.11-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | mariadb | 0, 10.0.21-r0, 10.0.21-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | mariadb | 10.0.21-r0, 10.0.21-r2, 10.1.11-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | mariadb | 0, 5.5.43-r5, 5.5.43-r4 |
| Alpine:v3.5 | mariadb | 10.1.11-r0, 0, 5.5.43-r5 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | mariadb | 5.5.43-r2, 5.5.43-r1, 5.5.42-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | mariadb | 0, 10.1.14-r1, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | mariadb | 10.1.8-r0, 5.5.43-r5, 5.5.43-r4 |
| Alpine:v3.3 | mariadb | 0, 0, 5.5.43-r5 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | mariadb | 0 |
| Alpine:v3.6 | mariadb | 10.1.8-r1, 10.0.21-r0, 10.0.21-r1 |
…and 2 more
Timeline
- Dec 13, 2016 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated