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CVE-2016-0643

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-04-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.48 and earlier, 5.6.29 and earlier, and 5.7.11 and earlier and MariaDB before 5.5.49, 10.0.x before 10.0.25, and 10.1.x before 10.1.14 allows local users to affect confidentiality via vectors related to DML.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• IBM Powerkvm: 2.1, 3.1
• MariaDB: from 5.5.20 before 5.5.49; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.25; from 10.1.0 before 10.1.14 — fixed in 10.0.25, 10.1.14, 5.5.49
• openSUSE Leap: 42.1
• MySQL Server: from 5.5.0 through 5.5.48; from 5.6.0 through 5.6.29; from 5.7.0 through 5.7.11
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 6.0, 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 10.0.25, 10.1.14, 5.5.49. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00035.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00053.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00033.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00034.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00051.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00053.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0705.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1480.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1481.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1602.html
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024168
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3557

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