CVE-2016-0642 Other in n/a

Medium 4.7 Published Updated

Local attackers can compromise data integrity and availability in MySQL via the Federated storage engine.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2016-0642?

CVE-2016-0642 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 21 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.48 and earlier, 5.6.29 and earlier, and 5.7.11 and earlier allows local users to affect integrity and availability via vectors related to Federated.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0642?

It affects 17 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mariadb Mariadb, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Mysql and 11 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0642?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-0642 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0642 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-px8r-9h4w-jc93, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0642.

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