Remote Authentication Vulnerability in Oracle MySQL and MariaDB
CVE-2016-3615
5.3MEDIUM
What is CVE-2016-3615?
A vulnerability has been identified in Oracle MySQL and MariaDB, which enables remote authenticated users to potentially impact the availability of the databases. This flaw can be exploited through specific interactions with server-related Data Manipulation Language (DML) operations. The affected versions of Oracle MySQL include 5.5.49 and prior, 5.6.30 and prior, and 5.7.12 and prior. Also affected are various MariaDB versions, specifically those released before 5.5.50, 10.0.x before 10.0.26, and 10.1.x before 10.1.15. Users are advised to apply the latest security patches to mitigate this vulnerability.