Fixed
Created: Dec 15, 2016
Updated: Sep 8, 2018
Resolved Date: Dec 18, 2016
Found In Version: 7.0.0.21
Fix Version: 7.0.0.23
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7
Component/s: Userspace
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.
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-6664
