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MariaDB Server versions and the Remote Root Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2016-6662

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During the recent days there has been quite a lot of questions and discussion around a vulnerability referred to as MySQL Remote Root Code Execution / Privilege Escalation 0day with CVE code CVE-2016-6662. It’s a serious vulnerability and we encourage every MariaDB Server user to read the below update on the vulnerability from a MariaDB point of view.

The vulnerability can be exploited by both local and remote users. Both an authenticated connection to or SQL injection in an affected version of MariaDB Server can be used to exploit the vulnerability. If successful, a library file could be loaded and executed with root privileges. Read more