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CVE-2016-3471

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-07-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.45 and earlier and 5.6.26 and earlier allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Server: Option.

Affected products

• MariaDB: from 5.5.0 before 5.5.46; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.22; from 10.1.0 before 10.1.9 — fixed in 10.0.22, 10.1.9, 5.5.46
• MySQL Server: from 5.5.0 through 5.5.45; from 5.6.0 through 5.6.26
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 6.0, 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 10.0.22, 10.1.9, 5.5.46. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0534.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://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91913
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036362
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0534.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0705.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1480.html

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