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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2016-09-19 | |
| Rule Name: | DB-MYSQL Oracle Mysql Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -2 (CVE-2016-6662) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| Description: | Oracle MySQL through 5.5.52, 5.6.x through 5.6.33, and 5.7.x through 5.7.15; MariaDB before 5.5.51, 10.0.x before 10.0.27, and 10.1.x before 10.1.17; and Percona Server before 5.5.51-38.1, 5.6.x before 5.6.32-78.0, and 5.7.x before 5.7.14-7 allow local users to create arbitrary configurations and bypass certain protection mechanisms by setting general_log_file to a my.cnf configuration. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by setting malloc_lib. | |
| Impact: | An attacker can execute arbitrary code via a successful exploit in the context of the vulnerable software. | |
| Affected OS: | Solaris, Other Unix, FreeBSD, Linux | |
| Reference: | SecurityFocusBID:92912 ExploitDB:40360 |
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| Solutions |
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| The vendor has updated advisory on its official website. Please check it for more information. |