CVE-2016-5584 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5584?

CVE-2016-5584 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 25 Oct 2016. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.52 and earlier, 5.6.33 and earlier, and 5.7.15 and earlier allows remote administrators to affect confidentiality via vectors related to Server: Security: Encryption.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5584?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mariadb Mariadb, Oracle Mysql.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5584?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-5584 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5584 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-m4x2-9645-g5v7, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5584.