Total vulnerabilities in the database
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| oracle / mysql | 5.5.0 | 5.5.51.x |
| oracle / mysql | 5.6.0 | 5.6.32.x |
| oracle / mysql | 5.7.0 | 5.7.14.x |
| mariadb / mariadb | 5.5.0 | 5.5.54 |
| mariadb / mariadb | 10.1.0 | 10.1.21 |
| mariadb / mariadb | 10.0.0 | 10.0.29 |
| percona / percona_server | 5.5 | 5.5.51-38.2 |
| percona / percona_server | 5.6 | 5.6.32-78.1 |
| percona / percona_server | 5.7 | 5.7.14-8 |
| percona / xtradb_cluster | 5.5 | 5.5.41-37.0 |
| percona / xtradb_cluster | 5.6 | 5.6.32-25.17 |
| percona / xtradb_cluster | 5.7 | 5.7.14-26.17 |