CVE-2016-5626 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service in MySQL via unspecified GIS vectors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-5626?
CVE-2016-5626 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mariadb Mariadb, published on 25 Oct 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.51 and earlier, 5.6.32 and earlier, and 5.7.14 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to GIS.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5626?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Mariadb Mariadb, Oracle Mysql, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5626?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-5626 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5626 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2023-26785 Code injection in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4fg8-3vx8-366w, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5626.