-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: rh-mysql56-mysql security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:2749-01 Product: Red Hat Software Collections Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2749.html Issue date: 2016-11-15 CVE Names: CVE-2016-3492 CVE-2016-5507 CVE-2016-5616 CVE-2016-5617 CVE-2016-5626 CVE-2016-5629 CVE-2016-6662 CVE-2016-6663 CVE-2016-6664 CVE-2016-8283 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for rh-mysql56-mysql is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - x86_64 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) - x86_64 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64 3. Description: MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. It consists of the MySQL server daemon, mysqld, and many client programs. The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version: rh-mysql56-mysql (5.6.34). Security Fix(es): * It was discovered that the MySQL logging functionality allowed writing to MySQL configuration files. An administrative database user, or a database user with FILE privileges, could possibly use this flaw to run arbitrary commands with root privileges on the system running the database server. (CVE-2016-6662) * A race condition was found in the way MySQL 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, CVE-2016-5616) * A flaw was found in the way the mysqld_safe script handled creation of error log file. The mysql operating system user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2016-6664, CVE-2016-5617) * This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory pages, listed in the References section. (CVE-2016-3492, CVE-2016-5507, CVE-2016-5626, CVE-2016-5629, CVE-2016-8283) 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the MySQL server daemon (mysqld) will be restarted automatically. 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1375198 - CVE-2016-6662 mysql: general_log can write to configuration files, leading to privilege escalation (CPU Oct 2016) 1378936 - CVE-2016-6663 CVE-2016-5616 mysql: race condition while setting stats during MyISAM table repair (CPU Oct 2016) 1386554 - CVE-2016-3492 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Optimizer (CPU October 2016) 1386556 - CVE-2016-5507 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: InnoDB (CPU October 2016) 1386564 - CVE-2016-6664 CVE-2016-5617 mysql: insecure error log file handling in mysqld_safe (CPU Oct 2016) 1386568 - CVE-2016-5626 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: GIS (CPU October 2016) 1386572 - CVE-2016-5629 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Federated (CPU October 2016) 1386585 - CVE-2016-8283 mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Types (CPU October 2016) 6. Package List: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6): Source: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.34-2.el6.src.rpm x86_64: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-config-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-debuginfo-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-devel-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-server-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-test-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7): Source: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.34-2.el6.src.rpm x86_64: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-config-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-debuginfo-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-devel-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-server-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-test-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6): Source: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.34-2.el6.src.rpm x86_64: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-config-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-debuginfo-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-devel-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-server-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-test-5.6.34-2.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7): Source: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.34-2.el7.src.rpm x86_64: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-config-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-debuginfo-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-devel-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-server-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-test-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1): Source: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.34-2.el7.src.rpm x86_64: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-config-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-debuginfo-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-devel-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-server-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-test-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2): Source: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.34-2.el7.src.rpm x86_64: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-config-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-debuginfo-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-devel-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-server-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-test-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7): Source: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.34-2.el7.src.rpm x86_64: rh-mysql56-mysql-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-bench-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-common-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-config-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-debuginfo-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-devel-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-server-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-mysql56-mysql-test-5.6.34-2.el7.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3492 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5507 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5616 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5617 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5626 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5629 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6662 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6663 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6664 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8283 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html#AppendixMSQL https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-33.html https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-34.html 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . 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