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. External References: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881724.html#AppendixMSQL
Created mysql-connector-python tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 1386899] Affects: epel-all [bug 1386900]