MGASA-2016-0371

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    MGASA-2016-0371

    Published: 9 Nov 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated mariadb packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: A race condition was found in the way MariaDB performed MyISAM engine table repair. A database user with shell access to the server running mysqld could use this flaw to change permissions of arbitrary files writable by the mysql system user (CVE-2016-6663). This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MariaDB database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section (CVE-2016-3492, CVE-2016-5584, CVE-2016-5616, CVE-2016-5624, CVE-2016-5626, CVE-2016-5629, CVE-2016-7440, CVE-2016-8283).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0371.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19693, https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10028-release-notes/, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2595.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mariadb

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/mariadb?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -10.0.28-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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