Synopsis:          Moderate: mariadb security and bug fix update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2017:2192-1
Issue Date:        2017-08-01
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2016-5617
                   CVE-2016-6664
                   CVE-2017-3312
                   CVE-2017-3238
                   CVE-2017-3243
                   CVE-2017-3244
                   CVE-2017-3258
                   CVE-2017-3313
                   CVE-2017-3317
                   CVE-2017-3318
                   CVE-2017-3265
                   CVE-2017-3291
                   CVE-2017-3302
                   CVE-2016-5483
                   CVE-2017-3600
                   CVE-2017-3308
                   CVE-2017-3309
                   CVE-2017-3453
                   CVE-2017-3456
                   CVE-2017-3464
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The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
mariadb (5.5.56).

Security Fix(es):

* It was discovered that the mysql and mysqldump tools did not correctly
handle database and table names containing newline characters. A database
user with privileges to create databases or tables could cause the mysql
command to execute arbitrary shell or SQL commands while restoring
database backup created using the mysqldump tool. (CVE-2016-5483,
CVE-2017-3600)

* 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-2016-5617, CVE-2016-6664)

* Multiple flaws were found in the way the MySQL init script handled
initialization of the database data directory and permission setting on
the error log file. The mysql operating system user could use these flaws
to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3265)

* It was discovered that the mysqld_safe script honored the ledir option
value set in a MySQL configuration file. A user able to modify one of the
MySQL configuration files could use this flaw to escalate their privileges
to root. (CVE-2017-3291)

* Multiple flaws were found in the way the mysqld_safe script handled
creation of error log file. The mysql operating system user could use
these flaws to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-3312)

* A flaw was found in the way MySQL client library (libmysqlclient)
handled prepared statements when server connection was lost. A malicious
server or a man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this flaw to
crash an application using libmysqlclient. (CVE-2017-3302)

(CVE-2017-3238, CVE-2017-3243, CVE-2017-3244, CVE-2017-3258,
CVE-2017-3308, CVE-2017-3309, CVE-2017-3313, CVE-2017-3317, CVE-2017-3318,
CVE-2017-3453, CVE-2017-3456, CVE-2017-3464)
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SL7
  x86_64
    mariadb-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
    mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.56-2.el7.i686.rpm
    mariadb-debuginfo-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
    mariadb-libs-5.5.56-2.el7.i686.rpm
    mariadb-libs-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
    mariadb-server-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
    mariadb-bench-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
    mariadb-devel-5.5.56-2.el7.i686.rpm
    mariadb-devel-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
    mariadb-embedded-5.5.56-2.el7.i686.rpm
    mariadb-embedded-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
    mariadb-embedded-devel-5.5.56-2.el7.i686.rpm
    mariadb-embedded-devel-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
    mariadb-test-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team