CVE-2016-0546

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier, 5.6.27 and earlier, and 5.7.9 and MariaDB before 5.5.47, 10.0.x before 10.0.23, and 10.1.x before 10.1.10 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Client. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that these are multiple buffer overflows in the mysqlshow tool that allow remote database servers to have unspecified impact via a long table or database name.

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.24%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00034.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1481.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00015.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3459 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034708 third party advisory vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0534.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00033.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1480.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/commit/0dbd5a8797ed4bd18e8b883988fb62177eb0f73f third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00051.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81066 third party advisory vdb entry
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mdb-10023-rn/ vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2881-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1301493 third party advisory issue tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00016.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3453 patch vendor advisory third party advisory
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5547-release-notes/ vendor advisory
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-47.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00053.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10110-release-notes/ vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0705.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-28.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-0546?
CVE-2016-0546 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-0546?
To fix CVE-2016-0546, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-0546 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-0546 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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