Bug 1386897 (CVE-2016-5598)

Summary: CVE-2016-5598 mysql-connector-python: Unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Connector/Python
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: david.hannequin, hhorak, pahan
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-10-19 18:59:23 UTC 
Vulnerability in the MySQL Connector component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Connector/Python). Supported versions that are affected are 2.1.3 and earlier and 2.0.4 and earlier. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connector. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Connector accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Connector accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of MySQL Connector.

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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881724.html#AppendixMSQL
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-10-19 19:00:20 UTC 
Created mysql-connector-python tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1386899]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1386900]