Security Bulletin:  IBM Security Guardium is affected by Open Source Oracle MySQL Vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-6662)

Summary

MySQL Server could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper restrictions to logging functions. By executing a specially crafted series of SQL statements, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create or modify my.conf configuration files which could execute arbitrary code with root privilege when the server is restarted.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-6662**
DESCRIPTION:** MySQL Server could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper restrictions to logging functions. By executing a specially crafted series of SQL statements, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create or modify my.conf configuration files which could execute arbitrary code with root privilege when the server is restarted. Note: Derivative works of MySQL, such as MariaDB and PerconaDB are also vulnerable.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116817&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Guardium V 9, 9.1, 9.5
IBM Security Guardium V 10, 10.0.1, 10.1, 10.1.2.

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
IBM Security Guardium | 9x| http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_9.0p6022_SecurityUpdate&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium | 10x| http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p6022_SecurityUpdate&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None